Using the IBM Lotus Notes to edit remote files of IBM Lotus Domino

This document details the process of using Lotus Notes to edit files on a remote server, Lotus Domino. This process can be used in a variety of files, and the article is designed to give a general overview of the process, to make it as flexible as possible.
The files mentioned in this document can be found at the locations below, on a default deployment.

The default data directories are located as follows:

IBM Lotus ? Domino ?: Microsoft ? Windows ?: c:/archives/IBM/domino/program data
Linux ?:/local/notesdata
IBM Lotus Notes ?: Windows: c:/archives/IBM/Notes/program data
Linux: ~/lotus/notes/data

To do this:
Install the Lotus Notes (can also be used a Domino Administration client) on a machine and configure it to enable the client to edit the remote file.Create a copy of the file admin.id located in the Domino data directory on the remote machine.Rename _ this file as admin.id and copy it to the Notes data directory on the local machine.Release of Lotus Notes and log using _ admin.id. To choose this user ID, select "other" in the drop-down list of user name (see Figure 1).
Figure 1. User name Menu

5. Select the _ admin.id using the file browser, click Open (see Figure 2).

Figure 2. Choose the user ID to switch to

6. Enter the Domino administrator password and click Log In.

7. Optional: create a location document for each attached server. Note that this step is not mandatory, but simplifies the process of working with users to Server Names, for example, to update the ACL from a database.
the) create a new document of location by clicking the up arrow next to the current location in the lower-right corner of your notes.
b) from the pop-up menu, click "Edit," make a copy of the current location, change the name and the servers in the servers tab, and then save.
c) switch to this location by clicking the up arrow and then clicking new location.
8. to open the remote file, you need to edit, select file-open – Lotus Notes application in Notes client menu.

9. Enter the fully qualified path to the remote server and the name of the file that you want to edit, for example, Names (see Figure 3).

Figure 3. Open the application window

10. click Open; If you see the window on the Domino Directory, click "close this document to view the database" in the upper-left corner.

The details of the file that you want to edit are displayed (as shown for Names in Figure 4).

Figure 4. Domino Directory database

You have successfully edited a file on a remote server using the Lotus Notes application.

Desmond mccann is a Chartered Engineer working in a team of verification test of Sametime. He has been with IBM since 2010, focusing on integration and interoperability between Lotus Sametime.

John doody is a Software Engineer, working with a team of verification test of Sametime. He has been with IBM since 2009, focusing on integration and interoperability between Lotus Sametime.

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