USER AND SERVER CONFIGURATION
Allowing multiple users to use the same data directory
Multiple IBM® Lotus® Notes® client users can log on and use the same data directory at the same time. IBM® Lotus® Domino® creates an autosave database with a unique name for each user to make the data directory available to multiple users. For example, if a user is named Eric Thiel, the autosave database name would be
as_ethiel.nsf
Domino then makes a new entry for that user in the NOTES.INI file. For example, the new entry for this user could be:
AUTO_SAVE_USER,Eric Thiel/Westford/IBM=as_ethiel.nsf
If an autosave database with the name as_ethiel.nsf already exists, the number 1 would be appended to the user name portion of the new database name. For example,
as_ethiel1.nsf
When a user logs in to NOTES with their USER.ID, Domino checks the NOTES.INI file for an entry with that user's name. One of these situations occurs:
The entry exists, and the database name in that entry is used.
The entry exists but the database cannot be located. Domino creates a new database.
The user does not have access to the database and an error message is generated.
The entry cannot be located. A new NOTES.INI entry and database are created using the naming convention described above.
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