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Authenticate Users with the Domino Server

The Domino server must authenticate and authorize users even if SiteMinder has already gone through this process. SiteMinder works with Domino's authentication process by providing the Domino server with a user identity that is also configured in the Domino Directory, which is the list of users and their privileges. The Domino server uses this identity to authenticate and authorize the user for access to database resources.

Note: A user name must be resolved unambiguously, or else the Domino Agent denies the authentication request. This may require some adjustments in your user directory.

The Domino Web Agent identifies the user to the Domino server as one of the following:

• Super user
• Actual user
• Default user

To determine which identity the Domino Web Agent uses when communicating with the Domino server, you configure the following parameters:

• SkipDominoAuth

  Determines which name to pass to the domino server for server authentication.

• DominoSuperUser

  Identifies a user who has access to all resources on the Domino server.

• DominoDefaultUser

  Identifies a user with default access to the Notes database, which means this person has general access privileges.

Note: You can configure the DominoSuperUser and DominoDefaultUser locally, in the Agent configuration file, or centrally, in the Agent Configuration Object. In the Agent configuration file, these settings have encrypted values. In the Agent Configuration Object, you have the choice of encrypting these values or leaving them in plain text.