Synchronizing your Notes® and Domino® Web/Internet password

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.

About this task

Your administrator may have given you both an IBM® Notes® User ID password and a IBM® Domino® Web/Internet password. You use your Notes® User ID password when you access Notes®, Domino® Designer, or Domino® Administrator or any other Notes-based programs that require 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 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

About this task

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.

Procedure

  1. Click 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® client, or a Notes-based program.
    Note: Synchronization does not happen immediately and is subject to the scheduled running times of the server's Administration Process.

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

About this task

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.

Procedure

  1. Click 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.)