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Welcome to the IBM® Domino 10.0.1 Administrator Help.
Configuring
Use this information to configure an IBM® Domino® network, users, servers (including Web servers), directory services, security, messaging, widgets and live text, and server clusters. Also use this information to set up IBM iNotes® on a server using Domino Off-Line Services (DOLS).
Configuring users and servers
Topics in this section describe how to set up users and servers.
Defining default settings for Notes® user registration
Before you register new Notes® users, you can specify default settings that apply to all users. Default settings simplify user registration and ensure user settings consistency. You can define many default settings, such as what mail server users have or what certifier ID to use for user registration. You can also specify a default workstation execution control list (ECL) to protect data from unauthorized workstation access.
User registration
You need to register users before they can install Notes® on their computers.
Understanding the Person document
The Person document describes a Notes® or non-Notes user in the Domino® Directory.

IBM® Domino 10.0.1 Documentation
Welcome to the IBM® Domino 10.0.1 Administrator Help.
- What's new in IBM® Domino® 10?
  Learn about all of the new features for administrators in IBM® Domino® 10.
- Overview
  Welcome to IBM® Domino® Administrator Help.
- Installing
  Use this documentation to install the IBM® Domino® server and subsequently deploy the IBM Notes® client.
- Planning
  Use this topic as an overview of planning task.
- Configuring
  Use this information to configure an IBM® Domino® network, users, servers (including Web servers), directory services, security, messaging, widgets and live text, and server clusters. Also use this information to set up IBM iNotes® on a server using Domino Off-Line Services (DOLS).
  - Configuring a network
    This section presents the planning concepts and setup procedures necessary for a successful IBM® Domino® deployment over a network. It provides information on network protocols from a Domino perspective but does not attempt to provide general network information.
  - Configuring users and servers
    Topics in this section describe how to set up users and servers.
    - Understanding the Server document
      The Server document is set up when you register a server. It contains many of the settings that define how your server operates.
    - Policies
      Use Domino® policy settings to control how users work with Notes®. A policy is a document that identifies a collection of individual policy settings. Policy settings documents define a set of defaults that apply to the users and groups to which the policy is assigned. You can change policy settings and they will be automatically applied to the assigned users and groups.
    - Defining default settings for Notes® user registration
      Before you register new Notes® users, you can specify default settings that apply to all users. Default settings simplify user registration and ensure user settings consistency. You can define many default settings, such as what mail server users have or what certifier ID to use for user registration. You can also specify a default workstation execution control list (ECL) to protect data from unauthorized workstation access.
      - User registration
        You need to register users before they can install Notes® on their computers.
        Customizing user registration
        You can define specific options to customize how IBM® Domino® registers users. If you choose to use a certifier ID and password instead of the Domino server-based certification authority (CA), Domino uses the certifier ID specified in Administration Preferences; or if there is none, it uses the ID specified in the CertifierIDFile setting in the NOTES.INI file.
        User registration methods
        The method you use to register users depends on a number of issues, including whether you have defined default settings, whether you want to assign users more advanced options (such as alternate names), whether you need to import users from a foreign mail system or directory, and whether your user settings are in a text file.
        Using default settings when registering users
        When you use default settings, the user registration process is fast and easy. The settings you define as Registration preferences remain from session to session. All other default settings return to Notes® defaults each time you begin a new registration session.
        Using Basic Notes® user registration with the Domino® Administrator
        Perform Basic user registration to assign users basic settings, such as a name and password, and to add users to existing groups. If you want to assign advanced and/or specific settings to a user, such as giving users alternate names, use Advanced user registration.
        Using Advanced Notes® user registration with the Domino® Administrator
        Advanced registration offers all the settings included in Basic registration and also allows you to change default settings and apply advanced settings to users.
        Registering users from a text file
        When registering users from a text file, you can import them through the Import Text File button on the Register Person dialog box, which places users as entries in the User Registration Queue and allows you to modify user settings individually.
        Adding an alternate language and name to a user ID
        The alternate naming feature allows you to assign two names to a user: a primary name and alternate name. The primary name is internationally recognizable; the alternate name is recognizable in the user's own native language.
        Registering non-Notes Internet users
        Use the Domino® Administrator to create non-Notes, Internet-only users. Internet-only users do not have Notes® IDs or certified public keys. The procedure for creating a non-Notes, Internet-only user requires the use of the User Registration interface as well as many of the security features such as the Certificate Requests database and the Domino server-based CA.
        Understanding the Person document
        The Person document describes a Notes® or non-Notes user in the Domino® Directory.
      - Understanding roaming users
        Users who access Notes® from more than one Notes client can access their customized settings and personal information automatically from any Notes client in the domain by becoming roaming users.
      - Custom welcome page deployment
        For a consistent, custom appearance across a company or organization, you can create custom welcome pages, and then deploy them to users through policies and desktop settings documents. They can be as simple as a background with a company logo, or sophisticated pages with multiple frames and many different types of content.
    - Managing users
      The Administration Process helps you manage users by automating many of the associated administrative tasks. For example, if you rename a user, the Administration Process automates changing the name throughout databases in the Notes® domain by generating and carrying out a series of requests, which are posted in the Administration Requests database.
    - Using groups
      Groups are lists of users, groups, and servers that have common traits. They are useful for mailing lists and access control lists. Using groups can simplify administration tasks.
    - Replicas
      You can make a database available to users in different locations, on different networks, or in different time zones, by creating replicas of the database.
    - Domain Search
      Notes® client and Web users can use Domain Search to search an entire Domino® domain for database documents, files, and attachments that match a search query.
    - Calendars and scheduling
      The calendar and scheduling features allow users to check the free time of other users, schedule meetings with them, and reserve resources, such as conference rooms and equipment.
    - Configuring Widgets and Live Text
      Widgets and Live Text enables end users to see and act on Live Text in supported documents, including IBM® Notes® mail, using XML extensions (widgets) created specifically for their use.
  - Editing the NOTES.INI file
    You should rarely, if ever, need to modify a server's or client's NOTES.INI file. The NOTES.INI file contains many settings that Domino® and Notes® rely on to work properly. An accidental or incorrect change may cause Domino or Notes to run unpredictably. Therefore, you should edit the NOTES.INI file only if special circumstances occur or if IBM® Support Services recommends that you do so.
  - Configuring directory services
    This section describes how to plan, set up, and use IBM® Domino® directory services.
  - Configuring messaging
    This section provides an overview of messaging and describes how to set up mail routing, how to set up and customize mail servers, and how to track mail.
  - Configuring iNotes®
    IBM® iNotes® (previously IBM Domino® Web Access) provides IBM Notes® users with browser-based access to Notes mail and to Notes calendar and scheduling features. Administrators specify mail policy and security policy settings as well as notes.ini file settings to complete the full implementation of IBM iNotes.
  - Configuring Web servers
    This section describes how to set up the IBM® Domino® Web server, the Domino Web Navigator, and other Web servers such as IBM HTTP.
  - Setting up a cluster
    Setting up a cluster includes the tasks of creating and verifying that it is working correctly, and then setting up user access, mail, replications, size quotas, directory assistance, roaming, web navigation, and use of a private LAN in the cluster.
- Securing
  This section describes IBM® Domino® security features, including execution control lists, IDs, and SSL.
- Administering
  This documentation provides information about the administration tools for managing and monitoring IBM Domino® servers and databases.
- Tuning
  Use this information to improve IBM® Domino® server, Domino Web server, and messaging performance through the use of resource balancing and activity trends, Server.Load commands, advanced database properties, cluster statistics, and the Server Health Monitor.
- Troubleshooting
  This section describes how to find and solve problems with IBM® Domino® server and Administrator client.
- Glossary

Understanding the Person document

The Person document describes a Notes® or non-Notes user in the Domino® Directory.

This document is created when you register a user via the user registration interface in the Domino® Administrator or when you use the Add Person action on the People & Groups tab in the Domino® Administrator. Person documents are stored in the Domino® Directory and can be modified as necessary. Changes that you make for a user often impact the Person document. For example, when you change a user's name, modify a user's roaming status, or delete a person, the change impacts the Person document. When a user name is deleted, the corresponding Person document is also deleted.

Refer to the following topics for information on the Person document.

Basics

Internet password

Mail

Forwarding address

Internet address

Encrypt incoming mail

Certificates

User and server key rollover

Notes® certificates

Internet certificate

Administration

Required change interval

Last change date

Password digest

Name change request

Assigned policy

Proposed alternate common name

Proposed alternate unique organizational unit

Proposed alternate name language