• Change the common name
• Change or add an alternate name
• Delete the alternate name
• Synchronize the name change between Notes and Windows NT, or Notes and Active Directory

For information on using an agent to notify a user of changes to private design elements during a name change, see Notifying users of changes to private design elements during a name change.

Note To use the Domino alternate name functionality, Domino R5.0.2 or later must be running on all servers involved with the name change, the user's workstation, and the administrator's workstation.

To rename a user's common name

1. To rename a user, you must have:

• Editor with Create documents access, or UserModifier role to the Domino Directory
• At least Author with Create documents access to the Certification Log

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."

7. In the "Choose a Certifier" dialog box, do the following:

Field	Action
Server	Do one of these: If you are using the Lotus Domino 6 server-based CA, choose the server that is used to access the Domino Directory to look up the list of certifiers. If you are supplying a certifier ID, select the server that is used to locate the list of certifiers so that the Certifier ID file can be updated with the latest set of certificates for itself and all of its ancestors. This is also the server on which CERTLOG.NSF is updated.
Use the CA process	Choose this option if you have configured the Lotus Domino 6 server-based CA. Select a CA configured certifier from the list and click OK.
Supply certifier ID and password	Choose this option if you are using a certifier ID and password. Choose the certifier ID that certified the user's ID and click Open. For example, to rename Joe Smith/Sales/NYC/ACME, use the certifier ID named SALES.ID. Click "Certifier ID" to select an ID other than the one displayed. Enter the password for the certifier ID and click OK.

8. 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.

9. In the Rename Person dialog box, complete the following fields as appropriate. In this dialog box you have the option of synchronizing Windows NT user names or Active Directory user names, and changing primary and alternate name information where appropriate.

Field	Action
New Primary Name Information
First , Middle, and Last Name	This is the name with which the user was registered. Make changes to the user's name as appropriate.
Qualifying Org. Unit	(Optional) A name to differentiate this user from another user with the same user name, certified by the same certifier. This adds a differentiating component that appears between the common name and the certifier name.
Short Name	(Optional) Created at registration, the default is first initial, last name. You can change this name. It does not change automatically based on changes to the primary name fields. You must make this change manually.
Internet Address	(Optional) Created at registration, the default is first initial, last name. You can change this name. It does not change automatically based on changes to the primary name fields. You must make this change manually.
Rename Windows NT User Account	Available to Windows NT User Manager only. Check this box if you want to synchronize the name change in both the Domino Notes and Windows NT or Active Directory account.

10. Complete this step only if the user has an alternate name or if you are assigning alternate names. If you are not working with alternate names, skip this step and go to Step 11.

New Alternate Name Information	Available only if you are renaming a user whose certifying organization has alternate names assigned.
Common Name	Enter the common name in the alternate language. To delete an alternate name, simply delete the name and do not enter a new one.
Qualifying Org. Unit	(Optional) A name to differentiate this user from another user with the same user name, certified by the same certifier. This adds a differentiating component that appears between the common name and the certifier name.
Original Language	The alternate language currently assigned to the user. (Non modifiable)
New Language	Select from the list to assign a new alternate language.

11. Select one of the following:

• OK - to submit the name change.
• Skip - if you are renaming more than one user's common name and you want to continue to the next name without submitting a name change for the current name.
• Cancel Remaining Entries - to cancel this name change and name changes for any other names you selected and have not yet submitted.

13. Click OK.

See also

Managing users
Renaming Active Directory and Notes users and groups
Synchronizing Windows NT and Notes users
Changing a user's Internet address

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