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kishoregopan
Aspirant
Sep 20, 2017

Error creating new user

Hi, I am not able to create a new user in readyNAS 214. It gives me an error " invalid user or user ID" Screen shot attached How to resolve this issue.
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StephenB's avatar
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 21, 2017

There are some reserved names, so it would be helpful if you could let us know what username you tried to create.

 

Also, did you specify the UID, or did you let the system choose?

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Sandshark
Sensei
Sep 21, 2017

You also cannot have a user named the same as a share, except for the automatically-created user share.

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