Can't create a new Post Office object

  • 3510414
  • 20-Feb-2008
  • 27-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell GroupWise 7
Novell GroupWise 8

Situation

Symptoms:
Can't create a new post office object in ConsoleOne
ERROR: "An error occurred modifying an attirbute value. Path not found (0x8209)"
Error 8209 path not found. An error occurred modifying an attribute value
Unable to create a new post office object using ConsoleOne
Unable to create a new post office object
Can't create a new Post Office object

Resolution

Create wpoffice directory in the Domain directory if it does not exist and copy ngwguard.dc file from GroupWise Software\PO to wpoffice directory under domain directory

Additional Information

Null creation pointer error may be received due to several attempts to create a new post office, thereby prohibiting the display of POA properties as if it needs to be grafted again.
Deleting the POA object and creating it again resolves the null pointer error