PLANNING

Directory search order for Internet client authentication
If there more than one directory with a trusted naming rule that matches the user name, the server searches the directory with the most specific matching rule first. If directories have identical trusted naming rules that match the Internet user name, search orders assigned to the directories determine the order in which the server searches them.

About this task

To authenticate an Internet client connecting to an IBM® Domino® server, the server searches directories for the user name and credentials in the following order:

1. The server's primary Domino Directory

2. All directories defined in the server's directory assistance database that a) have a naming rule that is trusted for authentication and that matches the logon name of the Internet user and b) have the directory assistance option Make this domain available to: Notes clients and Internet Authentication/Authorization enabled

Related concepts
Directory search order
Planning directory services in a multiple-directory environment
Directory services terms