Requesting a New Certificate in Lotus Notes
With Notes, the certificate issued to an account will expire after two years. Once expired, the account will be prohibited from accessing the Notes server until the certificate is renewed.
Two months prior to the expiration date, Notes will notify you with the following message box (see Figure 1)
Figure 1
Request a New Certificate
To request a new certificate, follow the instructions listed in the above message box:
- File -- Tools -- User ID;
- Enter your current Notes password;
- if your password is not synched with your Windows password or if you are not using an Windows machine, you may have to enter their password at different stages of this process;
- in the User ID window, click on the icon labeled "Certificate" in the left column;
- click on the "Request Certificate" button;
- in the next window, address the message to "WCSU Account Administrators"; You can accomplish this by manually entering the address name, or by clicking the "Address" button, and select WCSU Account Administrators
- the subject will already be filled out;
- click on send.
A mail message will be sent to the WCSU Account Administrators with your ID file attached. The request will be processed and the new ID will be mailed back to you. ( see instructions below )
Figure 2
Merging the Re-Certified ID File
Once the Account Administrators have processed the certification, a file will be mailed to you with a subject similar to this: "/WCSU has certified the ID belonging to Todd McInerney/WCSU. The certificate can be merged into your ID file by using the Actions menu 'Accept Certificate...' option."
Follow the steps listed in the subject line to complete the process:
- open the mail message;
- select Actions -- Accept Certificate;
- the rest of the work will be done automatically.
