About the Notes Security Mapping File

The Notes security provider connects to the Domino address book database to retrieve metadata fields for all Notes users. With these fields, the security provider can form valid Windows usernames and then, using a security mapping file (XML file that contains a set of rules defining how the mapping process must be achieved), map Notes users to Windows users. There are two ways to map users: direct mappings and resolution methods.

You can refer to the following subsections for details on how to create a Notes security mapping file:

• When you only have a handful of Notes users or some user's account name that do not follow any specific pattern, use direct mappings (see Creating a Notes Security Mapping File Using Direct Mappings).

• When you user's account name follow a specific pattern, use resolution methods along with the Notes Security Resolution tool to help you create and validate your Notes security mapping file (see Creating and Validating a Notes Security Mapping File Using Notes Security Resolution Tool).