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Example of directory assistance for one secondary Domino Directory
Company X uses two domains, Domain A and Domain B. Each domain creates its own directory assistance database that has a Directory Assistance document for the other domain's Domino® Directory, so that users from each domain can address mail easily to users in the other domain, and so servers in each domain can search groups in the other domain's directory when authorizing database access. If servers in both domains instead used replicas of one directory assistance database that included documents for both directories, they could enable only one of the domain directories for group authorization.

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Network connections between domains are slow, so the company creates replicas of the Domain B directory on two Domain A servers for servers in Domain A to use, and creates replicas of the Domain A directory on two Domain B servers for servers in Domain B to use.

The following table shows the settings for the Domain B Directory Assistance document in the directory assistance database that servers in Domain A use. Domain B uses a similar document for the Domain A directory in its directory assistance database.

Table 1. Domain B Directory Assistance document

Basics tab Contents Comments

Domain type Notes® --

Domain name Domain B --

Company name Company A --

Search order None --

Make this domain available to Selected for:

Notes Clients InternetAuthentication/Authorization
LDAP Clients
Enables Domain A servers to use the Domain B directory for all directory assistance services.

Group Authorization Yes Allows Domain A servers to do look up groups in the Domain B directory when authorizing database access.

Enabled Yes --

Naming contexts (rules) tab

N.C.1: */ */ */ */ */ *
Enabled - Yes
Trusted for Credentials - Yes
Enables Domain A servers to search all names in the directory. Trusted for Credentials selected to allow servers to authenticate all Internet users registered in the directory.

Replicas tab

Replica1: Server Name: Server1/DomainA
Directory Filename: DOMANAMES.NSF
More than one replica of the Domain A directory is specified, indicating that the directory assistance method of failover is used to find an available replica.

Replica2 Server Name: Server2/DomainA
Directory Filename: DOMANAMES.NSF
More than one replica of the Domain A directory is specified, indicating that the directory assistance method of failover is used to find an available replica.

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Basics tab	Contents	Comments
Domain type	Notes®	--
Domain name	Domain B	--
Company name	Company A	--
Search order	None	--
Make this domain available to	Selected for: Notes Clients InternetAuthentication/Authorization LDAP Clients	Enables Domain A servers to use the Domain B directory for all directory assistance services.
Group Authorization	Yes	Allows Domain A servers to do look up groups in the Domain B directory when authorizing database access.
Enabled	Yes	--
Naming contexts (rules) tab
N.C.1:	`/ / / / / ` Enabled - Yes Trusted for Credentials - Yes	Enables Domain A servers to search all names in the directory. Trusted for Credentials selected to allow servers to authenticate all Internet users registered in the directory.
Replicas tab
Replica1:	Server Name: Server1/DomainA Directory Filename: `DOMANAMES.NSF`	More than one replica of the Domain A directory is specified, indicating that the directory assistance method of failover is used to find an available replica.
Replica2	Server Name: Server2/DomainA Directory Filename: `DOMANAMES.NSF`	More than one replica of the Domain A directory is specified, indicating that the directory assistance method of failover is used to find an available replica.