ADMINISTERING


Renaming a Notes user's common or alternate name

When a user is renamed, the user's Internet address often needs to be changed accordingly. You can change a user's Internet address as part of a change to the user's common or alternate name, but you cannot use this rename procedure to change only the Internet address. If you attempt to use this procedure to change only a user's Internet address, you will generate an error.

About this task

Use this procedure to make any of the following changes to a user or to more than one user name:


When you initiate a user's name change, the user may be prompted to accept or reject the name change. If the user rejects the name change, an administration request is generated that requires you to either accept the user name reverting to the original name or reject the name reverting to the original user name. The user is prompted if the user has selected the Ask your approval before name changes option on the Notes Name Changes dialog box.

You cannot change names associated with Internet certificates.

Note: The Notes Name Changes dialog box is accessed from the Notes user interface by clicking File -> Security User Security. Click Your Identity -> Your Names, and then click Name Changes.

If the expiration date for the name change is reached and the user has not responded, an administration request is issued asking you to accept a request to retract the name change. You can then either accept the request to retract the name change, or you can reject that request. If you accept the name change retraction, the administration request for rejecting a name change are generated.

To rename a user's common name

Procedure

1. To rename a user, you must have:

2. From the Domino Administrator, click the People & Groups tab.

3. Click People and select a user name.

4. From the tools pane, click People -> Rename.

5. In the Rename Selected Notes People dialog box, verify the number of days you want to honor the old name. The default is 21 days. You can change that value if desired.

6. Click Change Common Name, and then complete the following fields.


7. In the Certificate Expiration Date dialog box, enter a new certification expiration date if desired. The default certificate expiration date is two years from the current date. The Edit or inspect each entry before submitting request check box is selected and cannot be modified in this context.
8. In the Rename Person dialog box, you have the option of synchronizing Active Directory user names, and changing primary and alternate name information where appropriate.
9. Select one of the following: 10. When the Processing Statistics dialog box appears, review the information to verify that all name changes have succeeded. If any fail, check the Certifier Log (CERTLOG.NSF) to determine the reason for the failure.

11. Click OK.

Related concepts
Administration Process requests that require the administrator's approval
Managing users

Related tasks
Accepting or rejecting name change requests
Changing a user's Internet address
Changing Notes user names with the Administration Process
Recertifying or renaming user IDs by organization

Related reference
Rename person - name change refused
Rename person - name change ignored by user