Been a while since I have done anything Domino admin wise other than re-certify users and that was a long while ago (circa 5 years), so guidance requested please.

First why am I doing this...

I have a Notes domain that was created in 1999. I have a mail user (me) with numerous email databases that have been manually archived through copying off either server or client and a collection of application databases.These are encrypted as per normal practice.

The current mail file has been upgraded to 8 but no higher.

The user has been using the mail file without a server for about 5 years. (I moved to not using non-licensed software so the Windows server went and I have been using Linux in various guises since). The original server files are not available as they were wiped a couple of years ago in a clear out of backup media.

The user ID ran out recently and I then discovered that the admin ID had too.

It has always been my intention to recreate a server but each time I had tried to get Domino to run on CENTOS my linux knowledge to integrate it into my SMB network let me down.

So, I with some spare time I tried again.

Where have I got to?

I have successfully used the original CERT ID to recertify the admin ID (and two other IDs I would like to use)

I have a 9.0.1 server running on CENTOS 7, (almost, but not quite reliably starting with Daniel Nashed's scripts)

I used the setup process to use the old admin ID and CERT id so that the server has the same name as the original server I had and the domain has the same name. This resulted in a new mailbox and a directory entry created for administrator linked to the original admin ID.

The directory currently has no other users.

What do I want to do?

I would like to create new mailboxes for the two IDs I have, to avoid any upgrade issues (they are large and one had a design update problem a couple of versions back) and have entries added to the directory
BUT I don't want to have to go back and change all the ACLs on the previous mail files and databases and deal with any issues arising from encryption, so I think that this means that I have to use the old ID files.

So, what is the best and or simplest way to achieve this with current domino technology?

 

Thanks.