Hélène Curtis (asker) Mar 13, 2011:

found more info... this is about setting up an account with a central monitoring station (security surveillance)...found a manual online with the words "put account on test"....see http://technicians.pinnsec.com/Downloads/Files/AMAP Cheat Sh... so I believe Joco's interpretation is correct.

Diane B Mar 13, 2011:

sometimes they do not write "line" and an on-line test exists. Standard sentence in several fields - that's why I wrote it.

Ambrose Li Mar 13, 2011:

These don’t look like commands. They look more like status messages.
I suggest that this is for a test called “Take account on” (but I have no clue what that would mean). The “failed” message will be followed by a detail of why the test failed (standard unix practice to use a colon this way).
What are “accounts” in your text?

Diane B Mar 13, 2011:

on(-line) test ?