DATABASE MANAGEMENT

Signing a database or template
You can sign a template or database to vouch for its integrity. You might want to do this, for example, to sign an agent so that the Agent Manager on a server can verify that the signer has the rights to execute the agent. Or you might sign a database or template so an ECL on an IBM® Lotus® Notes® client can evaluate which database actions to carry out. If you sign a template, any databases created from the template inherit the signature.

Note If you want to sign only one specific design document or one design element in a document, for example, a specific agent, you must first determine the Note ID for the document. To determine the Note ID for a document, select the document, choose File - Document Properties, click the last tab of the properties box. The bottom line is the Note ID, for example NT00000902.

1. Select the server that stores the databases or templates that you want to sign.

2. On the Files tab, select the databases or templates that you want to sign.

3. Choose Tools - Database - Sign.

4. Choose one of the following:

5. Choose one of the following options to specify which elements to sign: 6. Select "Update existing signatures only (faster)" to update only design elements that have been signed previously. Use this to change the signature on previously signed design elements.

7. Click OK. A dialog box shows the number of databases processed and the number of errors that occurred (if any). See the Notes Log for details.

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