If you enable the option "Remove duplicate users," if a user's distinguished name is found in more than one Person document, the Dircat task aggregates information from only the first Person document with the name the Dircat task encounters, according to the order in which the source directories are listed in the "Directories to include" field.

As the following table shows, you can store a source Domino Directory locally on a Dircat server, or on a remote server that the Dircat server accesses over the network. It's best to store the source directory replicas locally for high availability and quick access. If you store replicas of the source directories locally, make sure to keep them up-to-date by regularly replicating with the replicas on the remote servers.

If a Dircat server accesses the source Domino Directories over the network, it must have certifiers in common with the servers that store the remote directories, or must be cross-certified with those servers.

Location of source Domino Directory	Enter
Locally	The file name -- for example, EASTNAMES.NSF
Locally in a linked directory	The file name, preceded by the linked directory -- for example, DIRECTORIES\EASTNAMES.NSF
Over the network on a mapped drive	The file name and path -- for example, U:\DIRSERVER\NAMES.NSF
Over the network through Domino	The file name in this syntax: portname!!!servername!!filename where: portname is the name you gave to the port servername is the hierarchical name of the server that stores the directory filename is the file name for the directory on the server For example: TCPIP!!!dirserv/east/acme!!names.nsf If you don't care which port is used, omit the port, for example: DIRSERV/EAST/ACME!!NAMES.NSF Note The server running the Dircat task must have a certifier in common with the remote server, or be cross-certified with that server.

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