FAQ

Why is the external programm "DocSLN Password Server" executed when I scan into a database residing on a domino server:

DocumentScanning does not work inside your Lotus Notes Client. As an external tool it has to connect and authenticate itself to Domino like you do when you start the client. Though after every scan procedure DocSLN is terminated and the connection to Domino is dropped. The effect is that actually you have to enter your Notes password every time you scan. The password server helps to avoid this. When connected to Domino and no password server is running DocSLN asks you for your password, stores it encrypted in the server and requests it back when invoked for a second, third etc time. The safety system of Notes/Domino remains active and the usability of DocSLN does not suffer that much.

Why do i have to enter my notes password every time i want to initiate a scan:

To open a database on a domino server you need a user.id and a password to unlock the id. Since DocumentScanning works on the backend, it can't use the currently established notes session from the client to the server and has to establish a session on ist own. For this it needs the password for the id. But after a scan ends, DocumentScanning is terminated and the session is closed. If you initiate a further scan, DocumentScanning needs to establish a new session for which it again needs the password for the id. Here the Password Server comes in. If no PWServer is running, DocumentScanning asks you for the password, starts the server, pushes the entered password encrypted to the PWServer and goes on to scan. On a further scan, DocumentScanning only requests the password from the PWServer and uses it to open sessions. To handle notes passwords correctly from external programms, the lnpass.dll has to be registered like EXTMGR_ADDINS=LNPASS.DLL in the notes.ini of all clients (setup did it correctly while installation). Check if this entry exists.