Can't log in with a family member ID

Dear all,
I'd have a question about family member log in to iCloud.
I own a mobile me family pack account which I upgraded to iCloud. Master account works great on my Mac. I have troubles using family members accounts.
I made the same operations for upgrading to iCloud with a family account. I can sign in and read my email with Safari, I got Apple's confirmation that my member account went to iCloud. I have problems when I try to log in with it. If I enter ID and pass, Mac says, in the iCloud preference pane "Unrecognized Apple ID or password." Then a window saying "You can't sign in at this time. Try signing in again." I also noticed that Mail app doesn't work
Any idea??  I thank you in advacne for your kind collaboration
Regards
Fabrizio

if you already have one iCloud account signed into in System Preferences>iCloud, you can add additional accounts but not there - you enter them in System Preferences>Mail, Contacts & Calendars. This will enable you to access email, but you can't sync Calendars and the rest of it with any account except the one you signed into first, the 'Primary Account'. If you want to use another account fully you would have to create a new user account on your Mac and sign in there.
Incidentally, if a Family Pack sub-account has been successfully migrated - as appears to be the case - it's an iCloud account like any other: the fact that it was once a sub-account isn't relevant, so don't let that confuse you.

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