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Re: Error while updating the local databases

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Al Curtis wrote:
> Freed,
> I had very similar problems with the updating message. I had to delete
> multi user off clients- the message would reappear a week or so later on all
> machines, click okay it would just return. I traced the problem down- I
> think at least (it worked for me) to user names with hyphens in them or
> apostrophes( O'Brien, john(jack), etc. I removed or at least renamed these
> users and did a consistency check on the database and the message just
> stopped appearing - about three weeks now.
> If you hear of other solutions please fwd. them to me. In case it comes
> back)
>
> Al Curtis
> Technology Coordinator
> Pomperaug Elementary School
> Southbury CT
> Region 15 School District
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: email@hidden
> [mailto:email@hidden]On Behalf Of fred
> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 9:47 AM
> To: macintosh-manager
> Subject: Error while updating the local databases
> hello,
>
> I am using 1 Server G4 DP as a parent netinfo domain for MManager users
> and 1 xserve DP for user's documents. The two servers are 10.1.5.
> There are about 1000 users and 100 computers (most imac, emac and G3.G4)
> with MacOS 9.2.2US and MMLocalPrefs.
> When the machines are at the Login state, a lot of them give the errors:
> "an error occured while updating the local databases"
> When i am trying to login in those machines, i've got the error:
> "cannot read dabases.Attempting to restart if this problem persists,
> you should restart you workstation."
> Some time i can login the second time, some time never. Some time the only
> thing to do is to delete the complete "Multi-User Item Cache" folder.
> What's going on ? Did someone get a solution ?
>
> PS: I wonder if the problem is comming fron energy saver (i define to
> shut down every machines at 9:30 PM ?
>
> Regards

The problem is that all my Users have an hyphen in their shortname.
But it seems incredible that an hyphen can cause this kind of trouble.
Is there an utility that can export the content of the macmamnager
databases to see what can cause the problem ?

--
Frederic Braems - ICES
Directeur Informatique
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