If you want to add the text file to the NOTES.INI file so that IBM® Lotus® Notes® does not prompt you to browse for the text file, enter BatchRegFile= filename to the NOTES.INI file.

You can also define a separator for the text file by adding BatchRegSeparator = character to the NOTES.INI file. The separator character cannot be a character used in any of the user parameter settings in the text file. If you do not specify a BatchRegSeparator, a semicolon (;) separator is used.

For more information on this NOTES.INI variable, see Web site http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/documentation/notes-ini/.

Settings applied to a group of users

These user settings are available for you to modify before using the menu (choose People - People - Register) to import and register users. Notes applies these settings to all users in the group.

• Registration Server
• Password Quality Scale
• Set Internet password
• Internet address
• Internet Domain
• Format
• Mail server
• Mail file template
• Mail system
• Mail file name
• Mail file owner access
• Set database quota
• Set warning threshold
• Certifier ID
• Security type
• Certificate expiration date
• Store user ID in Domino Directory or File
• Add users to selected groups
• Local administrator
• Add Windows User Accounts

To set up a text file, create a line in the text file for each user. Enter the parameters for each user in exactly the order shown in the table below. Use one semicolon to separate parameters, and use one semicolon to take the place of each contiguous parameter that you decide not to specify.

For example, this line in a text file specifies only a last name and password:

Alexis;;;;password1

Alexis;Catherine;R.;;password1;;;Marketing / Acme;;;;;;Marketing Profile

Notes uses the certifier ID specified in Administration Preferences; or if there is none, it uses the ID specified in the CertifierIDFile setting of the NOTES.INI file.

1. Make sure that you have the following before you begin registration:

• Access to the certifier ID and its password if you are not using the IBM® Lotus® Domino™ server-based certification authority (CA)
• Editor access or the UserCreator role in the Domino Directory on the registration server
• Create new databases access on the mail server if you plan on creating mail files

3. From the Domino Administrator, click the People & Groups tab.

4. From the Servers pane, choose the server to work from.

5. Select Domino Directories and then click People.

6. Complete Step 7 or Step 8, depending on how you want to import and register users.

7. To register users and apply individual settings:

1. From the Tools pane, click People - Register. Enter the certifier password and click OK. The Certifier Information Warning dialog box may appear. Click OK.
2. Click Import Text File, select the text file, and click Open.
3. To modify user registration settings, select a user from the User Registration Queue and make your changes on the Register Person user interface.
4. Click Register to register the highlighted user or select multiple users in the registration queue and click Register All. Click OK.

8. To register users and apply settings to them as a group:

1. Set the registration Administration Preferences and create the policies that you want to apply to a group of users.
2. From the Tools pane, click People - Register.
3. Enter the certifier ID password and click OK.
4. Choose the Explicit Policy that you want to apply to the users you are registering.
5. Click Import Text File, select the text file, and click Open.
6. Click Register or Register All.

For more information on the settings you can modify, see Using Advanced Notes user registration.

See also

Setting up Notes users
Registering users
User registration

Glossary