CONFIGURING

Setting overall access levels in the Domino Directory ACL
The Domino® Directory, like all Notes® databases, has an access control list (ACL) that controls the overall access that users and servers have.

About this task

The following table shows the default name entries in the Domino Directory ACL and the default access settings for each entry.

You might want to customize the database ACL. For example, to have stricter control over database access, you might change the access for the -Default- entry to No Access and explicitly add the names of groups of users to the ACL that you want to allow access.

Note: The default access for the -Default- entry allows users only to change some of the fields in their Person documents.

Table 1. Default name entries their associated access settings
Default name entryAccess levelUser type
-Default- Author access without the "Create documents" privilege or administration rolesUnspecified
AnonymousNo accessUnspecified
LocalDomainAdminsManager access with no administration rolesPerson group
LocalDomainServersManager access with all administration roles except PolicyCreator and PolicyModifierServer group
OtherDomainServersReader access Server group
Server in the domain on which the directory was created. Manager access with all administration rolesServer
Administrator specified during server setupManager access with all administration rolesPerson

Related concepts
The database access control list

Related tasks
Controlling access to the Domino Directory