Lotus Notes NSF file stores data in elements such as mails, contacts, tasks, journals, to do list, appointments, etc. This email platform comprises of many useful features like easy work flow, facility to work offline, easy data sharing etc. One of the most important features is Access Control List or ACL which provides facility to work safely and save data from the access of unwanted users. ACL is a privilege to manage data safety and secure data from the access of unwanted users. After securing NSF data with ACL, it is not easy for you to open and perform any operations in NSF files. In fact if your try to do this, you get Notes Error ‘you are not authorized to perform that operation’.
About Lotus Notes ACL Feature: ACL or Access Control List is a list of permission attached to an object. Via this list, administrator can easily apply gamut of access rules for all local users to access file. This access rules on Lotus Notes NSF files, the owner of NSF file has facility to open and perform any operations on NSF files. Except him/her if anyone else tries to open and perform any operations on NSF files, it is not possible to open and perform any operations and you get an NSF error “You are not authorized to perform that operation”.
Cause for Error: Lack of privilege to the user to access and perform any operations on NSF files causes the occurrence of above mentioned error..