Guide to Updating Plug-ins

9-2 FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
Starting and stopping FileMaker Server
automatically
The FileMaker Server installer installs a file containing a script that
can automatically start and stop FileMaker Server when your
operating system boots and shuts down. This script is located in /etc/
rc.d/init.d/fmserverd.
To have the FileMaker Server service automatically start when the
operating system boots and stop when the operating system shuts
down:
1. Switch to the root user by entering the following command at the
shell prompt:
$ su -l root
2. Enter the root password.
The prompt changes to #, indicating that you are now logged in as
root.
3. Enter the following command to enable FileMaker Server to
automatically start and stop when your operating system starts and
shuts down:
# chkconfig fmserverd on
4. Log out as the root user by entering:
# logout
To disable automatic start and stop for FileMaker Server:
1. Switch to the root user.
2. Enter the following command to disable automatic start and stop:
# chkconfig fmserverd off
3. Log out as the root user.
fmserverd open
[path]
Open (host) FileMaker Pro files in the /var/fmserver
directory (and subdirectories one level down) or in the
specified path.
fmserverd close
[path]
[-m “message text”]
[-t #minutes]
Close FileMaker Pro files located in the /var/fmserver
directory (and subdirectories one level down) or in the
specified path.
Use the -m “message text” option to send a custom
message to guests.
Use the -t #minutes option to set a custom duration
before files are closed.
fmserverd pause
[path]
Pause activity on files located in the /var/fmserver
directory (and subdirectories one level down) or in the
specified path.
Use this command to pause files before copying them to
another directory, for example, when backing up
databases.
Important Don’t copy files that are open.
fmserverd resume
[path]
Resume activity on all paused FileMaker Pro files or
files in the specified path.
fmserverd files List all files currently open (hosted) by FileMaker
Server. If a hosted file is in the paused state, this is
indicated in the list.
fmserverd reload
[-c path]
Reload the configuration file in /var/fmserver.conf and
apply changes to runtime preference settings. See
“Applying configuration changes” on page 9-4 for a list
of preference settings that can be applied using the
reload command.
Use the -c path option to have FileMaker Server read
the configuration file (fmserver.conf) in the alternate
path specified.
fmserverd -h Display a list of all FileMaker Server commands and
their usage.
Command syntax Description