Moving a user name in the name hierarchy

When you move a user to a different Organizational Unit, the certifier changes, thus the user's name hierarchy changes. Since the name hierarchy in IBM^® Lotus^® Domino^® and IBM^® Lotus^® Notes^® is part of the user's name, when you move a user to a different certifier you have essentially changed the user's name. You can use the Administration Process to move a user name to a different location (Organizational Unit) in the organization's hierarchical name scheme or to move a name to a different Organization altogether.

For example, if Alice Brown/Marketing/Acme leaves a job in the Marketing department for a job in Sales, you can certify her user ID with the /Sales/Acme certifier, which, in effect, moves her to that Organizational Unit. Her full hierarchical name then becomes Alice Brown/Sales/Acme.

You can also move a user to another Organization, however to do so, your Domino Directory must contain cross-certificates between the Organizations involved. So, for example, if Alice Brown/Marketing/Acme leaves a job at Acme to work for the Acme subsidiary AcmeSub that has its own Organization Certifier, you can certify her ID with the /AcmeSub certifier so that her name becomes Alice Brown/AcmeSub. Using this example, the Domino Directory must have cross-certificates between /Acme and /AcmeSub.

There are two parts to moving a user name:

1. Request the move using the originating certifier.
2. Complete the move by using the target (new) certifier to approve the request and issue the new certificate.  This is performed in the Admin4.nsf

If the public key stored in the Notes ID does not match what is stored in the Certificates tab of the Person Record, then the user will not get prompted to accept the name change.