SECURING YOUR DATA

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

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

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 Lotus 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 Lotus Notes password for access.

1. Click File > Security > User Security (Macintosh OS X users: Lotus Notes > Security > User Security).

2. Click Security Basics.

3. Select or deselect "Always set Domino Web/Internet password to match Lotus 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 Lotus Notes server to enable synchronization. Use your Lotus Notes password next time you login to a Web browser, Lotus Notes, or a Lotus 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. Click File > Security > User Security (Macintosh OS X users: Lotus Notes > Security > User Security).

2. Click Security Basics.

3. Select "Don't let administrator set Domino Web/Internet password to match NotesR 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.)

Related topics
Changing passwords
Enabling Smartcards for Notes login
Synchronizing your Windows password with your Notes password