4.5 Setting Up Server and Database Access for the Notes Gateway User

Because you will run the Notes Gateway on a server other than the Notes/Domino server, the user you just created in Section 4.4, Registering the Notes Gateway As a Notes User needs appropriate access to the Notes/Domino server and Notes databases.

4.5.1 Providing Access to the Notes/Domino Server

When you start the Notes Gateway for the first time, it creates a Notes secondary Address Book (wpnames.nsf) on the Notes/Domino server that contains the addressing information from the GroupWise Address Book. It also creates a gateway mail file (notesgateway.nsf) that is used for communication between the two systems. You need to provide the Notes Gateway user with the type of access it needs to perform these tasks.

  1. Run the Notes/Domino Administrator as a user with Manager access to Notes databases (worksheet item 11).

  2. Open the Notes public Directory:

    1. Click File > Database > Open.

      Open Database dialog box

    2. In the Server field, select the Notes domain where you want to open the public Directory.

    3. In the Database field, select the Directory for that domain.

    4. Click Open.

  3. On the Servers menu, select the Notes/Domino server that will communicate with the Notes Gateway.

    Servers menu

  4. On the Configuration tab, expand the Server drop-down list, select Current Server Document.

  5. On the Administration tab, click Edit Server.

    Administration page

  6. In the Administrators field, click the drop-down list.

    Names dialog box

  7. Select the Notes Gateway user (worksheet item 11), click Add, then click OK.

  8. Click Security.

    Security page

  9. In the Create Databases and Templates field, click the drop-down list.

  10. Select the Notes Gateway user (worksheet item 11), click Add, then click OK.

    The Notes Gateway creates the wpnames.nsf file and the gateway mail file one time only. This means that you can change the access rights of the Notes Gateway user after these databases have been created.

  11. Click Save and Close.

  12. Continue with Providing Access to Notes Databases.

4.5.2 Providing Access to Notes Databases

During operation, the Notes Gateway requires access to various Notes databases that already exist in your Notes system. Ensure that the gateway has the required access to the following Notes databases:

Database

Access

Description

names.nsf

Editor or Manager

The Notes public Directory. For instructions to set rights, see Providing Access Rights to the Public Directory

wpnames.nsf

Manager or Editor

The GroupWise secondary Directory containing all GroupWise users; you will not be able to grant this access until after the database has been created or you have copied it from the domain\wpgate\notes directory.

notesgateway.nsf

Manager or Editor

The gateway mail file you specified in the Gateway Mail File Name field (worksheet item 11) when defining the GroupWise system as a Notes foreign domain. See Section 4.3, Defining the GroupWise System As a Notes Foreign Domain.

Providing Access Rights to the Public Directory

  1. In the Notes/Domino Administrator, open the Notes public Directory:

    1. Click File > Database > Open.

    2. In the Server field, select the Notes domain where you want to open the public Directory.

    3. In the Database field, select the Directory for that domain.

    4. Click Open.

  2. Click File > Database > Access Control to display the Access Control List.

    Access Control List dialog box

  3. Click Add.

    Add User dialog box

  4. Click the Person icon, select the Notes Gateway user (worksheet item 11), click Add, then click OK.

  5. From the User Type drop-down list in the Access Control List, select Person.

  6. From the Access drop-down list, select either Manager or Editor.

  7. Click OK.

  8. Continue with Starting the Notes Client on the Notes Gateway Server.