Creating a Notes® roaming user

During the user registration process for a roaming user, the administration process generates the administration request Create a Roaming User's Roaming Files three times in order to create the following three files:

• journal.nsf
• bookmark.nsf
• names.nsf

Create a roaming user's roaming files

You can create a Roaming User's Roaming Files using this AdminP (Administration Process) request.

Triggered by: Clicking the Advanced check box on the Basics panel of the registration user interface, and then enabling the Roaming User check box. (The Roaming User check box is not displayed until you select the Advanced check box on the Basics panel of the registration user interface.)

Carried out on: Either the user's mail server or the server you designate as a roaming server in the User Registration user interface. If you selected Put roaming user files on mail server, the files are placed on the mail server. If that option is not selected, the files are placed on the designated registration server. The default location is a subdirectory beneath the directory path Domino/Data/Mail. The subdirectory is named with up to the first eight characters of the user's last name. For example, Domino/Data/Mail/username.nsf.

Carried out: Immediately

Result: Creates the roaming users files for the user that you are registering.

Create the mail file

You can create a mail file using this AdminP (Administration Process) request.

Triggered by: Choosing to create a mail file during the Administration Process during registration.

Carried out on: User's home mail server.

Carried out: Immediately.

Result: Creates the mail file on the user's home mail server.