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After setting up your initial IBM® Sametime® environment, you may want to make additional changes to safeguard information at your site, including limiting user access to certain features, using encryption, and modifying default security settings.
Working with Domino® security in Sametime®
The IBM® Sametime® Community server uses the Internet and intranet security features of the IBM Domino® server on which it is installed to authenticate web browser users who access Domino databases on the server.
Using database ACLs for identification and authentication
Identification and authentication is the process of determining the name of a user and verifying that users are who they say they are. You can use database Access Control Lists (ACLs) to control access to individual databases on the server.
Database ACL settings
A database Access Control List (ACL) contains a list of users and defines user access to the contents of the database.
Roles - ACL settings
Database Access Control List (ACL) roles grant access to individual database components, such as forms or views.

Roles - ACL settings

Database Access Control List (ACL) roles grant access to individual database components, such as forms or views.

You can use ACL roles to delegate authority for managing specific documents in a database. You can create up to 75 roles in a database. For example, you can assign the roles of UserCreator and UserModifier in the Directory (Address Book) ACL to the administrator who has the responsibility for creating and maintaining Person documents.

ACL roles are optional in most databases. You can choose to rely on a broader access level and not use roles.

For more information on roles available in important Sametime® databases, see Roles in Sametime databases ACLs.