SECURING YOUR DATA
To change your synchronized password
Procedure
When synchronization is enabled, you can change your synchronized password at any time. Whether you change your password through Windows® or through Notes, the passwords synchronize so you can use the new password the next time you login to Windows or Notes. To change it through Windows, refer to Windows Help. You can change your synchronized password through Windows only if your Windows and Notes passwords already match. Otherwise, you must change it through Notes. To change it through Notes, see Changing passwords.
To disable synchronization
1. Click File > Security > UserSecurity.
2. Click Security Basics.
3. Clear "Login to Notes using your operating system login" under "Your Login and Password Settings." You do not have to change your password. Once you disable the synchronization, you have to enter your password when you login to Notes, rather than being able to open Notes without entering a password.
Note: If Notes imposes a password history requirement (choose File > Security > UserSecurity), click Security Basics, then click the Change Password button for information on your password history), then you may have to choose a new Notes password. Notes changes your operating system password to match.
Note: Password synchronization on the Macintosh can be performed using the Macintosh OS Keychain feature. For more information on this feature, see the Macintosh on-line help.
About this task
Occasionally, if you have set up single log-on between Notes and the operating system, and you are prompted to change your Notes password, the change may fail. This is most likely because certain requirements, such as password quality or history settings, may be more rigorous for one password than the other. Notes 8 checks password changes differently to minimize the chance that a password update will fail.
Now, when you are prompted to change your Notes password:
1. Enter a new Notes ID password. Notes checks that the new password meets Domino® password requirements.
2. Next, you are prompted to change the Windows password. If the password does not meet Windows password requirements, a message appears saying that the Windows password change does not meet requirements and that you should check the minimum and maximum password length.
3. Click OK. The User Security dialog box change password prompt re-appears.
4. Enter a new password. If the new password meets Windows password requirements, the Windows password is changed and then the Notes password is changed.
Results
Note: If the Windows password failed, you can still proceed with the Notes ID password change. However, you will receive a warning that your Notes and Windows passwords will not be synchronized. Click Ok to acknowledge the warning, and you will be able to change your Notes password.
Related concepts Changing passwords
Related tasks Synchronizing your Notes and Domino Web/Internet password