UPGRADING TO LOTUS NOTES 6 AND LOTUS DOMINO 6
Recertifying flat IDs without Notes mail
Follow these steps to manually recertify a flat ID if its certificate is due to expire or to manually convert an ID to hierarchical naming if its owner and the certification administrator cannot communicate through Notes mail. This process requires that the owner of the ID and the certification administrator take turns processing the request.

To deliver a safe copy of the ID, the owner of the ID must do the following:

1. In the Notes client, choose File - Tools - User ID.

2. Click More Options.

3. Click Create Safe Copy.

4. Specify a name and location for the safe copy and click OK. The default name is SAFE.ID.

5. Enter a path and name for the safe copy, then click OK. The default name is SAFE.ID.

6. (UNIX users) Do one of the following:

7. Deliver the disk in person or by postal service to the certification administrator.

To recertify the ID, the certification administrator must do the following:

1. In the Domino Administrator, choose File - Tools - Server Administration.

2. Click the Certifiers icon and choose Certify ID File.

3. Select the certifier to use and click OK.

4. Enter a password for the certifier and click OK.

5. If the certifier is on a disk, remove the disk and click OK.

6. Select the safe copy of the ID file to be recertified and click OK.

7. (Optional) Accept or change the certificate expiration date.

8. Leave "Trust other certificates signed by this certifier" selected unless this is a certificate from another organization's certifier.

9. (Optional) Click Server, select a server, then click OK to change the server in whose Domino Directory Lotus Domino updates the Person or Server document. If the server isn't local, you must have at least Author access to its Domino Directory.

10. Click Certify.

11. Remove the disk with the recertified safe copy of the ID and deliver the disk to its owner in person or through the postal service.

To merge the new certificate, the owner of the ID must do the following:

1. Insert the disk with the recertified safe copy of the ID in the disk drive. Or, if it's a diskless workstation, copy the safe copy of the recertified ID file to the program directory on the file server; give the copy a name different from the original ID file so the original is not overwritten.

2. Make sure the current ID is the one you want recertified, then in the Notes client, choose File Tools - User ID.

3. Click More Options.

4. Click Merge A Copy.

5. Select the recertified safe copy of the ID and click OK.

6. Click Merge.

7. If this is a certificate received from another organization, turn off "Trust other certificates signed by this certifier."

For more information, see the topic Communication with organizations that use flat names.