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Starting the Configuration Editor

To start the configuration editor, enter:

$ CONSOLE EDIT/INTERFACE=CHARACTER_CELL

This takes you into the configuration editor, which informs you whether or not there are any verification errors (in this example, there are no verification errors):

CA Console Management
Character Cell Editor version Vn.n-mmyy
Copyright (c) 2001, 2004, 2009 CA. All Rights Reserved.
Database contains NO verification errors
CM Edit>

If there are any verification errors, then the following message is be displayed, where num_errors is the number of errors:

Database contains num_errors verification errors

To find out what the verification errors are, enter:

CM Edit> verify

Also, if another user is currently editing the configuration database, the following messages will be displayed, and you will only have read access to the database:

Database currently locked by another user
No access to modify database, Read-Only mode enabled