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FP2002: Error Message When You Create a User or a Role by Using the Owsadm.exe Utility

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This article was previously published under Q292662

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Symptoms

When you use the owsadm.exe command-line utility to create a User or a Role in FrontPage, you may receive the following error message:
Error:
Value 'value' is incorrect.
Syntax error in value of "name" parameter.

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Cause

This behavior occurs when you type an invalid character for the Role name or User name in the owsadm.exe command line. For example:
owsadm.exe -o roles -n "|" -w / -c add

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Resolution

To work around this issue, retype the command by using valid characters for the "name" parameter.

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More information

Role or User names must not consist solely of spaces, and they must not contain tabs, new lines, or any of the following characters: 
   | , " \ / [ ] : < > + = ; ? *
For more information about the owsadm.exe command-line utility, type owsadm -h at the command line, or see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
272945� STS: Using SharePoint Team Services Command-Line Utility (Owsadm.exe)

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Keywords: KB292662, kbprb, kbnofix, kberrmsg

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Article Info
Article ID : 292662
Revision : 4
Created on : 2/21/2007
Published on : 2/21/2007
Exists online : False
Views : 457