Rename person
You can rename a user with the Administration Process by choosing People - Rename from the tools pane of the IBM® Lotus® Domino® Administrator. The following flowchart shows the sequence of Administration Process requests that occur when you rename a person in the Domino Directory. (Boxes represent requests.) The timing shown for each request is the default, which you can customize through the Server Tasks - Administration Process section of the Server document.

Flowchart showing the administration requests that are generated when you rename a person.

Move person's name in hierarchy


Initiate rename in Domino Directory
Rename person in Domino Directory
Rename in Person documents
Rename person in unread list
Rename in Access Control List
Rename in Design Elements
Rename person in Free Time Database
Rename person in calendar entries and profiles in mail file
Rename in Reader / Author Fields
Delete Obsolete Change Requests
Timing for Rename a user request
RequestTiming
Move Person's Name in HierarchyRequires administrator approval in Administration Requests database
Initiate Rename in Domino DirectoryInterval
Rename Person in Domino DirectoryInterval
Rename in Person DocumentsExecute once a day requests at
Rename Person in Unread ListExecute once a day requests at
Rename in Access Control ListInterval
Rename in Design ElementsDelayed
Rename Person in Free Time DatabaseImmediate
Rename Person in Calendar Entries and Profiles in Mail FileImmediate
Rename in Reader / Author FieldsStart Executing On

Start Executing At

Delete Obsolete Change Requests*Execute once a day requests at
* If the IBM® Lotus® Notes® user being renamed is running a Notes client version that is pre-Notes 6.0, the user must accept the name change as explained here. Before the Administration Process carries out a rename person request, the user whose name is being changed is prompted to accept the name change. If the user does not accept the name change within a specified period of time, or grace period, the name change request becomes an Obsolete Name Change and is entered in the Administration Requests database as a Delete Obsolete Name Change request.

If the Domino server and the Notes client are both Notes Domino 6.0 or more recent, the user is not prompted to accept the name change, unless the user has requested to be prompted to accept. (To be prompted to accept a name change, the user must set that preference using the Security settings in the Notes client.

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