I am trying to rename a plain, ordinary Notes account to a new OU. This is not a hierarchical move, merely a common name rename. Why does Notes think this user is “HTTP, POP3 and IMAP” and how can I get it to recognize the person as “normal???”
Subject: for some reason they are missing their public key
That dialog box presents when there is no public key in the person document.
Subject: RE: for some reason they are missing their public key
OMG you are absolutely right!! Thank you. The mailfile in question is an office account and people are not allowed to log into it or our Intranet with an Office name and pw. Apparently, the Admins at that time figured a clever way to prevent that was to remove the public key. Huh.
So the next obvious question is, will it hurt anything to rename this account using the HTTP/POP3/IMAP process? Or if that’s not a good idea, is it stored anywhere else (the ID hasn’t been touched since it was created, over 5 years ago)? Or do I have to delete and recreate?
Subject: RE: for some reason they are missing their public key
I’m not sure I understand what you mean by “office account” & I’m not sure I really want to ;-). Regardless of that, by renaming it using AdminP using the http/pop… process, the ID will never get updated, just the documents in the NAB & ACL entries, maybe that is all you want. But, you can get the public key from the ID and paste it into the person document and then you will be able to go through the process normally. Get the public key onto your clipboard by selecting file-security-user security-your identity-your certificates-other actions-Mail Copy Certificate (public key). Then just go into the person document and paste it in.
In any case it is really a good idea from a security perspective to enable “Compare Notes public keys against those stored in Directory” in the server document so that it confirms that anyone using a Notes client + id has the correct public key and that no old administrator is using the certifiers that they stole to create fake ids by the names of existing users and accessing the system.
Good LucCompare Notes public keys against those stored in Directory:
HTH,
Rob
Subject: RE: for some reason they are missing their public key
Robert, you answered my question. This is an account accessed only under other people’s names. The account ID itself is never used. Therefore, updating it by the HTTP/POP3 process will not be a problem. It will update the things that need updating for this particular account.
Thank you very much for your help, and may you have a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year!