Domino Designer 6: A Developer’s Handbook

13.5. Using directory links to control access to a Domino application

The system administrator can control access to all databases in a given directory by creating a directory link file. A directory link file must be named in the format XXX.dir, where XXX is the name that will appear as a directory in the user’s Open Database dialog.

The file is a flat text file where the first line holds the path to the actual directory holding the databases, and the following lines hold the names of the people and groups that are allowed to access that directory.

Example

A directory link file called projecta.dir has the following content:

d:\projects\projecta
ProjectAMembers
#Admin
CN=Rune Carlsen/0=ITSO

This means that the databases the Notes user can ...