I am trying to create a new portal but when I enter the user information using the SuperUser or an existing account I get this:

A User Already Exists For the Username Specified. Please Register Again Using A Different Username.

I made up a name and tried it , then the portal creation failed (probably something I did wrong).

BUT -  upon deleting the portal and trying again two things happened.  #1 I got the error above, #2 the user it says "exists" does not exist in under the "users" module so I can't delete it.  So I tried using "host" and also got the error.

The underlying real question is - why couldn't (and why wouldn't) I want to use an EXISTING user for portal creation?

Thanks,

Daryl

Thanks Charles.

Yes - the user was not deleted from the "asp_net tables" when the portal was deleted.  I was able to fix this by removing those entries.

In case others are wondering there is a foreign key between these two tables and the entry must be removed from both tables: aspnet_Membership and then aspnet_Users

First look in aspnet_Users to get the correct UserName and then note the UserId and remove that entry (matching the UserId field) from aspnet_Membership FIRST, then you can go back and remove the user from aspnet_Users.

I am still having portal creation issues - when I create the portal I get "Page Cannot be Found" when it goes to create it.  It is probably something stupid I am doing - we shall see.

-Daryl