Q, How to manually recertify an expired ID

Question

You have a Lotus Notes user ID that has expired and you would like to manually recertify it.

The ID can open Notes, because the password is valid, but the user cannot do anything else, as the end date has expired. If the user selects File -> Tools -> User ID -> Certificate -> Request Certificate, the following message displays:

Server Error: Your certificate has expired.

 

Answer

Administrator: Recertify user's ID

A user has a Notes ID that has an expired certificate. These steps are performed by the server administrator to correct the user's expired ID.

1. After obtaining the user ID, you (as the administrator) launch the Lotus® Domino® Administration client.
   
   
2. Open the Configuration tab, expand Certification (located on the right hand pane) and select Certify.
   
   
3. Select the Certifier ID file.
   
   
4. From the Choose Certifier ID dialog box, select the O or OU certifier that was originally used to certify the user ID.
   
   
5. Enter the password for the certifier ID.
   
   
6. From the Choose ID to Certify dialog box, select the user ID to be recertified.
   
   
7. Enter the password for user ID to be recertified.
   
   
8. [Optional] In the Certify ID dialog box, you may set or change the following:
   Registration server, expiration date of the certifier and password length.
   
   
9. Click Certify.
   The Status window displays:
   Updating address book entry for username/org
   Successfully updated address book entry for username/org
   Username/org successfully certified
   
   
10. Choose "No" when you receive the following dialog box:
    Would you like to certify another?
    
    
11. Provide the newly-recertified ID file to the user.

User: Merge the new certificate

Once the administrator recertifies the safe.ID and returns the ID to the user, the user must perform the following steps:

1. Select File -> Security -> User Security -> Your Identity -> Your Certificates -> Get certificates button -> Import (Merge) Notes Certificate.
   
   
2. Enter password.
   
   
3. The dialog box then prompts the user to choose the safe.ID that has been recertified and it is then merged into the original user ID.

Administrator: Recertify an expired Server ID

If an administrator needs to recertify an expired Server ID, the following steps should be followed:

1. Certify the server id file by following the "Administrator: Certifying an expired server ID file" steps included below.
   
   
2. Verify that the expiration date has been changed in the server.id file.
   
   
3. From the administration client select Configuration -> Tools -> ID Properties, then select the Server ID file.
   
   
4. Place the new server.id back on the server (c:\lotus\domino\data), and restart the server.

Administrator: Certifying an expired server ID file

How to certify an expired server id file.

1. After obtaining the server ID (c:\lotus\domino\data is the default location ), you (as the administrator) launch the Domino Administrator client.
   
   
2. Open the Configuration tab, expand Certification (located on the right hand pane) and select Certify.
   
   
3. Select the Certifier ID file.
   
   
4. From the Choose Certifier ID dialog box, select the O or OU certifier that was originally used to certify the user ID.
   
   
5. Enter the password for the certifier ID.
   
   
6. From the Choose ID to Certify dialog box, select the server ID to be recertified.
   
   
7. Enter the password for server ID to be recertified, if necessary (not all server ID files require a password).
   
   
8. [Optional] In the Certify ID dialog box, you may set or change the following:
   Registration server, expiration date of the certifier and password length.
   The server.id file should have an expiration date 99 years in the future (default ).
   
   
9. Click Certify.
   The Status window displays:
   Updating address book entry for username/org
   Successfully updated address book entry for username/org
   Username/org successfully certified
   
   
10. Choose "No" when you receive the following dialog box:
    Would you like to certify another?
    
    
11. Copy the newly-recertified ID file to the server (c:\lotus\domino\data, by default).

 

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