Globally change agents creator?

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hope someone can answer this.

I have a dozen or so databases that were created with Domino over the last few years. Currently on Domino vr 6.5

Several agents were created within many of these db’s by an employee. Is there a way to globally change the agent creator or find all the agents at once to make the change toi a new employee name? (creator).

Thank you

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Subject: globally change agents creator?

There are two easy ways to do it.1) Using Adminclient you can resign all design elements in the dataase

  1. Using a simple agent and Notes client you can resing all agents (or any subset, since you have control). Agent FAQ has examples of the agent that does the signing, all you need to do is open, make some modification (to ‘dirty’ it) and save an agent. Saving it will resign it.
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Subject: globally change agents creator?

You can sign all databases with a users id and that will change these properties

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Subject: RE: globally change agents creator?

Thank you for your response, Mark.Is there a way to find/sign the databases with the new users ID globally? Is this under Database Properties?

Can you point me to a help file or tell me the proceedure to sign the databases? I apologize for my lack of understand.

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Subject: RE: globally change agents creator?

You can do this from the Admin client:

Make sure you are using the ID that you want to sign with. Open the server the databases are on, and go to the Files tab. Select all the databases to sign (shift-click or control-click to select multiples). Then right-click and choose Sign from the context menu.

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Subject: RE: globally change agents creator?

Thank you Esther.Sorry about the double post.

A couple of questions, please:

If I change the agent ownership in many db’s(one person who is no longer with the company created many db agents), will this affect the agents or the agent’s function in any way? Will this affect anything in Notes. If we delete his account in Notes, can that have adverse effects on the databases?

I appreciate your time and help.

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Subject: globally change agents creator?

It sounds to me as though you need a bit of script.

Give the ID that you want to be the new agent owner access to all the databases (e.g. put it in the Full Access Administrators group and grant full admin access.

Create and run an agent with that ID that checks all agents in all DBs and if the owner is the one you want to change then do a save on the agent

you’ll need the owner property. The agent should be basic stuff for one of your developers.

From Help:

Example

Read-only. The name of the person who last modified and saved an agent (the owner of the agent).

Defined in

NotesAgent

Data type

String

Syntax

To get: ownerName$ = notesAgent.Owner

Usage

If the owner’s name is hierarchical, this property returns the fully distinguished name. If the owner’s name is flat (non-hierarchical), the CommonOwner name is the same as the Owner name.

Language cross-reference

Owner in Java Agent class

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Subject: RE: globally change agents creator?

Thanks you all.Thanks for your help.