You Are Not Authorized to Perform This Operation in Lotus Notes
NSF file for Notes Storage Facility is the database file of IBM Notes which is used to store email messages, calendar, contacts and other mailbox items. The email application has an inbuilt feature in it i.e. Access Control List (ACL) which contains a list of permissions attached to an object. The administrator can assign the required access rules for local users to access the file using this list. If the admin assigns the rules to the local users, then only the users can have the privilege to open or manage the database file. If a user who is trying to access the file but not having the access rights then they receive You are not authorized to perform that operation error message in Lotus Notes.
It is clear that this issue occurs due to the lack of authorization to the user. Thus, the error message can be solved by providing access rights of the file to the user or another way is to remove local security from the NSF file.
User Query – “Hi, I have a client who migrated to Exchange but still he uses Lotus Notes to access some old mailbox data. But, nowadays he is receiving one error message whenever he tries to open the databases which he used to access before. Can anyone please help me that what he should do know?”
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There are some cases where the user’s NSF file is replaced with a new file using the administrator’s user ID. But, the NSF ACL (Access Control List) has only listed the user having the access to that specific database. In such situations, the users have to face the mentioned issue. However, creating a new NSF file using the users IBM Notes ID can also fix the issue which can be done by renaming or deleting the NSF file from the directory and then restarting the email application.
Important Note: If a user wants to do the same, then the DB file should be present in the Data directory so that Lotus Notes client can create a new NSF file once it restarts.
Whenever a user faces the error message i.e. You are not authorized to perform that operation on Lotus Notes database while trying to open the NSF file, then the users have to face certain problems. But, this can be resolved with the help of some professional solution such as Mail Migration Wizard. Using this software, users can remove the local security of the file and access them without getting any error message.
The software is designed using advanced algorithms which helps users to remove encryption from Lotus Notes DB file. Moreover, it allows them to migrate NSF to Exchange, Office 365 and Outlook. If a user is getting the error message and wants to remove local security from NSF file, then he/she can take help of the software. Additionally, it will also help users if they have the requirement to transfer their data to some other email application.
Conclusion
Lotus Notes provides high-level security to its users due to which most of the organizations or enterprises use it for the purpose of email communication. If the administrator has not assigned the access rights to the users then the client display the error message like You are not authorized to perform this operation in Lotus Notes. If the users are not able to open the DB file due to security reason, then they can try the third-party application as explained above.