Instant Web Publishing Guide

Chapter 3 | Working with FileMaker databases on the web 18
Logging in to a file
When opening a database, web users may be prompted for their account information.
1 If the Guest account and at least one other account that requires authentication both have the
Instant Web Publishing extended privilege enabled, web users have the option to log in with the
Guest account or an account name and password.
1 If the Guest account is the only account with the Instant Web Publishing extended privilege
enabled, web users automatically log in with the Guest account, and they do not see the login
page.
1 The default privilege set for Guest accounts provides “read-only” access. You can change the
default privilege in the Accounts tab of the Manage Security dialog box. For more information,
see FileMaker
Pro Help.
1 Web users generally cannot modify their account password from a web browser. However, it is
possible to use the Change Password script step to designate a preset password that the user
can change to.
1 You can let users change their login accounts from a web browser with the Re-Login script step
(for example, to switch from the Guest account to an account with more privileges). Note that
you cannot use the Re-Login script step to switch back to the Guest account.
1 Since basic authentication has been replaced with a forms-based model, account names and
passwords are not restricted to the ISO-Latin-1 character set.
1 With FileMaker Server Advanced, you can limit the list of hosted databases displayed in the
Database Homepage to only those databases each web user can access. To do so, select List
only the databases each user is authorized to access in the Database Server > Security
tab of Admin Console. If this option is selected, web users will be prompted for their account
information before they view the Database Homepage.
Forms-based login page