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MailEssentials Common User Management / Permissions Errors

Overview

This article lists the knowledge base articles that provide resolutions or workarounds for common errors related to the Access Control module and user permissions. It also describes where to locate relevant logs related to user management and permissions.  

Introduction

Some permissions errors are presented directly on the UI, while for others, you need to gather and review the debug logs. Check the below list of knowledge base articles that discuss common issues related to the Access Control module. If none provides a specific solution to your issue, follow the instructions in the Reviewing Logs section for details on where to locate the relevant debug logs in order to narrow down the root cause.

Description

Common User Management / Permissions Errors

Below there is a list of knowledge base articles describing the common errors related to MailEssentials User management and Permissions:

Reviewing Logs

To get more detailed error information or when there are no direct errors presented from the UI, you can check the following debug logs as part of the troubleshooting process for permission's related issues:

Debug log filename Path Description
SID.log ..GFI\MailEssentials\Attendant\debuglogs\ Debug log file for AD queries for user accounts
PermissionCache.log ..GFI\MailEssentials\Attendant\debuglogs\ Debug log file for queries to the cached user accounts
usercntado.txt ..GFI\MailEssentials\Attendant\debuglogs\ Debug log for the module that counts users when MailEssentials is installed in SMTP mode
usercntad.log ..GFI\MailEssentials\Attendant\debuglogs\ Debug log for the module that counts users when the MailEssentials is installed in AD mode. Will list all the users that are counted from AD.
usercntvsapi.txt ..GFI\MailEssentials\Attendant\debuglogs\ Log file for the module that counts users when MES is installed on the same machine as Exchange server. Exchange mailboxes are counted in this case.
ConfigurationUI.log ..GFI\MailEssentials\wwwconf\debuglogs\ Debug log file for the web application in general. This will normally log errors which will effect the Web Application as a whole.

 

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  1. Priyanka Bhotika

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