Help! SECKFMChangePassword Anomally

I have discovered a problem with the 6.5 client, using NT-based OS, when changing an ID’s password with SECKFMChangePassword.

If I wish to take a user’s ID file, copy it to disk from their workstation, then change it’s password on my machine, using the above API. If I then copy it back to the original workstation, overwriting the previous .id file with the same name, the Notes client will still only accept the PREVIOUS password when I first login!!

Sometimes it will prompt me after it loads, for the new password. Sometimes it never does unless I rename the id file so that I have to browse for it. If I browse for it, then it works fine with the new password.

What is going on? I have Notes single login disabled. Why is Notes buffering the old password???

Thanks in advance

Subject: Help! SECKFMChangePassword Anomally

The client is probably using an in-memory cache of the ID file. If you shut down the client before replacing the on-disk copy of the ID file, the client will read the new ID file from disk on next startup.

Subject: RE: Help! SECKFMChangePassword Anomally

The odd thing is, I copied over the ID file when the client was closed. After copying over the ID file, I relaunched the client - but it still asked for the old password, until I attempted to access my mail file or other server database.

any additional thoughts about what might cause this?

Subject: RE: Help! SECKFMChangePassword Anomally

Are you using NotesMinder or any API programs that might be caching an in-memory copy of the ID file?

Subject: RE: Help! SECKFMChangePassword Anomally

Thanks! It appears that nnotesmm.exe is hanging around in memory after the Notes client closes. If I terminate that process, everything works as expected.

Thanks!