Re: New install for existing user & user.id question

Patrick,

Sorry if I my initial post was confusing in describing the situation. 
(That often happens when I don't experience the problem first-hand and 
then have someone try to describe what happened to me afterwards...)

There was no user.id on the machine when the upgrade started as it is a 
brand new pc. I see that it is legitimate function of the notes client 
install- I just didn't know how the user.id file got there. 

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Anyway, I don't know your environment, but for ours, the ID-in-the-NAB has
been labelled a "bad thing" and we never store the ID there.  If you are
using default passwords, I would recommend you do the same.  Which means,
of course, changing the default settings in the Register Person dialog.

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I totally agree as it appears we are using ID-in-theNAB strategy. My guess 
is the BP who did the initial install set it up this way. Gosh I love 
inheriting cans of worms.

Chris - I guess that may have been the intent of the BP too - to make our 
installs simpler.

Anyway - thanks to all for clearing this up for me. Now I have to devle 
into this further to see how to move ahead and ensure that we don't open a 
security hole here. 

Regards, Jerry

Gerald Kern
IBM Certified AS/400 RPG IV Developer & RPG IV Programmer
MIS Project Leader, Lotus Notes/Domino Administrator
The Toledo Clinic, Inc.
4235 Secor Road
Toledo, OH 43623-4299
Phone 419-479-5535
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