Hi
That is just the case I found out also, I thought I was doing something
wrong, but apparently it was supposed to do so.. I haven't found any use for
these directory links yet in our environment.
The reason I had to change directoryname was that one of our departments
changed name and they wanted to see their folder with new name when they
open their databases from notes client.. The problem will be (for me..) that
if other departments find this out, they want their 'directories' to be
named with their new department names.. work work work for me ;o)
My real problem is, that our users are so.., how could I put this nicely...,
they lack of skill and they become illiterate (not native english) when any
messages pops up while using notes client, so I tried or wanted to try if I
can rename the folder or move databases to another folder with new name
without any error popups or messages..
We do use policies, but some of these databases are in use (acl also) with
special group gathered from allmost every department, that I would have to
make several explicit policies just to make sure that icons wouldn't appear
to people who aren't allowed to use database in question.
And, with this I'm not sure, isn't it so that I cannot clean users desktop
with policy? I mean even in cases if I totally move db to another
dominoserver, I can create the new icon for users, but even if I delete the
old icon from policy it won't delete it from users notes desktop or
bookmarks? We do allow our users to modify their own notes desktops.
-Meea
"Lester"
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news:0qkl945k0gm8fdlthhuufmhn411f46pn35@4ax.com...> I've just tried this and the problem is you end up with old and new
> directory names shown, though both point to the same place. So you
> would have changed the folder name on the file level and the users
> wouldn't notice since their links would work but the Database Open
> dialog might cause confusion.
>
> Directory links have been around for ages but are more used to allow
> the Domino server to access storage outside the data directory, for
> example on another drive letter.
>
> What is the background to the requirement?
>
> I don't think there is a simple answer here. Do you use Notes
> policies to control the users desktop?
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:47:25 +0300, "Meea"
hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>Hello
>>
>>Yes, this was one of the solutions that I found. But doesn't this mean I
>>cannot actually rename folder, since I cannot link anything to Domino
data
>>directory? I tested this on our testserver and I couln't make this work..
>>Maybe I just didn't understand the text in this help.. (Domino R
7.0.2)
>>
>>Well, anyway now I just stopped Domino and renamed the folder and told
our
>>users to press the button OK, when they get the 'database cannot be
found'
>>error... I only wondered that isn't there any other way to do this, I
would
>>think that sometimes organisations may change their department's names
etc.?
>>
>>Thanks anyway
>>Meea
