SECURING YOUR DATA

Synchronizing your Notes and Domino Web/Internet password
Your administrator may have given you both a Notes User ID password and a Domino Web/Internet password. You use your Notes User ID password when you access Lotus Notes, Lotus Domino Designer, or Lotus Domino Administrator or any other Notes-based programs that requires a Notes User ID for access. You use a Domino Web/Internet password to access a Notes database through a Web browser, for example your Notes mail (if it is configured to be accessible through a browser) or a Domino Web application.

If your administrator has enabled it, you can synchronize your Notes password with your Domino Web/Internet password, enabling you to use your Notes password for both Notes and Internet access.

If your administrator has not enabled password synchronization, you can disable your administrator's ability to enable the ability for you to synchronize your passwords at a later time.

Note If you use a Smartcard to login to Notes or if your User ID is protected by multiple passwords, Domino Web/Internet password synchronization is not supported.

To synchronize (or unsynchronize) your Notes and Domino Web/Internet password

This procedure is available to you only if your administrator has enabled your ability to synchronize your passwords. When you synchronize passwords, you use your Notes password for access.

1. Choose File - Security - User Security.
Macintosh OS X users: Notes - Security - User Security.

2. Click Security Basics.

3. Select or deselect "Always set Domino Web/Internet password to match Notes password (reduces security)" under "Your Login and Password Settings." (This option is only visible in User Security if your administrator has enabled your ability to synchronize your passwords.)

4. Re-authenticate with your Notes server to enable synchronization. Use your Notes password next time you login to a Web browser, Notes, or a Notes-based program.


To disable your administrator's ability to enable synchronization for your Notes and Domino Web/Internet password

By doing this procedure, you are preventing your administrator from being able to turn on password synchronization for you. If your administrator decides to enable synchronization at a later time, your password synchronization option will be disabled unless you enable it yourself (you can enable it by following the procedure above).

This procedure is available to you only if your administrator has not enabled password synchronization.

1. Choose File - Security - User Security.
Macintosh OS X users: Notes - Security - User Security.

2. Click Security Basics.

3. Select "Don't let administrator set Domino Web/Internet password to match Notes password" under "Your Login and Password Settings." (This option is only visible in User Security if your administrator has not enabled your ability to synchronize your passwords.)

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