[Zope] Newbie adding users problems to Zope and Plone

[Dieter Maurer]

Sam Hunting wrote at 2003-1-21 12:08 -0500:
 > In my acl_users folder, there is only me:
 >    
 >    admin
 > 
 > As admin, I have added several users: jack, etc.
 > 
 > However, these users do not show up in the /acl_users folder at the
 > contents tab.
 > 
 > Yet, if I add one (say, "jack") I get the message:
 > 
 >      A user with the specified name already exists
 > 
 > So if they exist, why aren't they in the folder?
Are you sure, it is the same "acl_users" where you look for the
users and where you inserted them.
A plone instance usually has a separate "acl_users" local to itself.

 > My second question: How the heck to I join a plone site? And how the heck
 > do I add members to it?
The Plone "UI" should have a "join" action.


Dieter