CONFIGURING
About this task
Before you can add an alternate name to a user, add an alternate language and name to the certifier ID by recertifying the certifier ID. You cannot add alternate names to servers.
Alternate names are helpful because they let users use their native language and character set for display and name lookup purposes. For example, a user can type in a name in a native language and character set when sending mail or choose to display all documents in a database in a native language and character set.
Each alternate name is associated with a language specifier that identifies the native language of the name. Typically, the alternate name is specified in a character set consistent with the specified language; whereas the primary name is specified in an internationally recognizable character set. Both types of names provide the same security within the IBM® Domino® system. Alternate names should not be used in Group documents and Server documents.
You can add multiple alternate names to an organization certifier (as many alternate names as there are language specifiers recognized by IBM Notes®). An organizational unit certifier may also contain multiple alternate names, but each name must correspond to one of the language specifiers assigned to its parent certifier. The organizational unit certifier does not need to contain all the language specifiers that its parent contains. For example, /Renovations may contain five language specifiers, while its child certifier Sales/Renovations contains a subset of those.
A user ID may contain only one alternate name. The language specifier associated with the alternate name must correspond to a language specifier in the parent certifier ID. When you assign an alternate name to a user, the alternate name and language specifiers are added to the user ID, to the Notes certificates issued to the user, and to the user's Person document.
Note: Alternate names are truncated at 79 characters.
Before you add an alternate name to a new person, make sure you have a certifier that contains the alternate name and language specifier you want to use. You assign the name and language in the Other pane of the Register Person dialog box during advanced user registration.
To add an alternate name to a certifier ID
In this procedure, you assign an alternate name and its associated language to the organization certifier ID and its organizational unit (child) certifiers through the certification process. You first recertify the organization certifier, and then use the certifier to recertify its organizational unit certifiers.
Procedure
1. Have the certifier ID to which you want to add the alternate name accessible, if you are not using the Domino server-based certification authority (CA).
2. From the Domino Administrator, click the Configuration tab.
3. Choose Certification, and then click Certify.
4. If the server name that is shown is not the registration server, click Server, select the server you want to use and click OK.
5. Use the Choose a Certifier dialog box to select the ID you want to recertify.
a. Use the default server or click Server to specify a server.
Note: This is also the server on which CERTLOG.NSF is updated.
7. Choose the alternate language in the Language field. If you are recertifying an organizational unit certifier, the available languages include all languages associated with the organization (root) certifier ID.
8. Optional: Enter a country code for the organization. This option is available only for organization certifier IDs.
9. Enter a name for the organization/organization unit in the Organization/OrgUnit field.
10. Click OK.
11. Optional: To add another alternate language, click the Add button and repeat Steps 7 through 10.
12. Click Certify.
To add an alternate name to an existing user ID
Use the Domino server-enabled certification authority (CA) or the certifier ID to recertify the user.
1. Make sure that the certifier contains an alternate name with the language specifier you want to use.
2. From the Domino Administrator, click the People & Groups tab.
3. From the Servers pane, choose the server to work from.
4. Click the Configuration tab.
5. Choose Tools -> Certification -> Certify.
6. If you are not using the Domino server-based certification authority (CA), select the certifier ID that certified the user ID to which you are assigning an alternate name:
8. Click Add. Select a language from the list and enter a new Common Name for that language, and click OK.
9. Optional: Specify a new certifier expiration date and a new password quality.
10. Click Certify.
11. When prompted to certify another ID, click Yes or No.
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