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ILEMAKER PRO HELP 457
2. Select the account you want to edit and click Edit.
3. In the Edit Account dialog box, change one or more of the options described in the following
table.
4. Click OK.
5. In the Manage Security dialog box, do one of the following:
• If you’ve finished working with accounts and privileges, click OK. In the dialog box that
appears, enter an account name and password that is assigned the Full Access
privilege set, and click OK.
• To continue working with accounts and privileges, see Creating and managing
accounts, Creating and managing privilege sets, or Managing extended privileges.
Notes
• At least one active, FileMaker-authenticated account in each file must be assigned the Full
Access privilege set. An error message will appear if you edit accounts so that no active
account is assigned the Full Access privilege set.
• You cannot rename the Guest account or assign it a password. If you do not want to permit
Guest access to a file, make the Guest account inactive. See
About the Admin and Guest
accounts.
• Passwords are case-sensitive. For example, if you specify a password as zFootBallz2,
FileMaker
Pro will not accept zfootballz2. When you’re entering a password for an
To Do this
Change how the account is
managed
Choose an option from the Account is authenticated via list.
For information about accounts managed by an external server,
see
Creating accounts that authenticate via an external server.
Change the account name Enter a new account name in the Account Name box.
Change the password Enter a new password in the Password box.
For tips on choosing a password, see Tips for creating account
names and passwords.
Force the user to choose a new
password the next time he or
she logs in
Choose User must change password on next login.
Note In most cases, an account that is shared by multiple users
should not force a password change upon first login. Instead, you
should specify a password and provide it to the users that need it.
Also, the
privilege set for a shared account should not permit
password changes. See Editing other privileges.
Make an account active or
inactive
For Account Status, choose whether you want the account to be
active or inactive. Users cannot open a database using an
inactive account name and password.
Change the privilege set for the
account
For Privilege Set, choose the privilege set you want to use with
this account.
You can choose an existing privilege set, or choose New
Privilege Set and create a new one. See
Creating new privilege
sets.
Edit the account description For Description, enter the account description you want.