Client's server no longer exists - is it possible to merge old and new ID's?

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The Client is a Notes developer who recently returned to the organization. He had a userID on an old server (release 5.11) that was discontinued, and now has a new userID on the new server (release 6.5), with the same user name.

I added a cross-certificate from the new server to the Client’s old ID.

The error message:

“The public key that has been used does not match the one that was certified.”

Is it possible that this error is caused by similarity of the names?

Logically, the user should have migrated to the new server. However, this does not seem possible now that the old server no longer exists.

Is there a way to have the new server send the new userID file to the client?

If it is necessary to reinstall the Client’s Lotus Notes in order to obtain the new user ID and make a proper connection, is there a way to preserve the client’s cross-certificates from the old ID?

Any suggestions on how this can best be handled are welcome!

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Subject: Client’s server no longer exists - is it possible to merge old and new ID’s?

I am not sure to understand you :

If you have a user from another organization and you want to allow him to connect to your server (with another organization), you need to :

  • Cross certify his ID with the cert ID of the new server

  • Create a person document (not mandatory I think but easier to manage, but it’s mandatory if you have enabled “Compare Notes public keys against those stored in Directory:” or “Check passwords on Notes IDs:”), to do it the easiest way is to copy/paste the one from the old server and modify the fields like “domain”, “server” etc…

  • If you cannot copy the person document, create a new one but NOT BY THE STANDARD PROCESS, just create a person document, use another one like a model to check what information is needed. You need to extract the public key from the ID file and copy/paste it in the person document

  • Don’t forget to add the user to every needed groups !

  • To be complete, you can create a mail box and put its name in the field of the person document.

On the client side, you just need to modify the location document, if the connexion cannot be made, make a connexion document

I may have forget something, but I think it should work

Hope this helps !!

Christian