Guide to Updating Plug-ins

9-4 FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
In the configuration file, each preference setting parameter and its value
(either an ON or OFF or a specific integer or string value) must reside
on a separate line. The parameter and value must be separated by a space
or tab character. Parameters and values are not case sensitive.
Comments in the file, which describe each configuration setting,
begin with a # character and are ignored by FileMaker Server. You
can add comments to the configuration file by inserting a # character
at the beginning of each line of text you add.
Tip To preserve a preference setting before trying another value,
insert a # character at the beginning of the existing setting. You can
easily revert to this setting by deleting the new line and removing the
# character in the old line.
Preference settings are described in detail in the remaining sections
of this chapter.
Applying configuration changes
FileMaker Server does not automatically reread the configuration
file when you close the file. Depending on the preference settings
you have changed, you must either reload the configuration file or
restart FileMaker Server.
The following lists group preference settings by whether they require
you to reload the configuration file or restart FileMaker Server.
Note Restarting FileMaker Server always applies all preference
settings, but restarting requires that all guests disconnect from hosted
databases. Therefore, simply reloading the configuration file is
recommended if you make changes to only runtime settings.
Runtime preference settings that are applied when you
reload the configuration file or restart FileMaker Server
1 MaxGuests, if number of guests is decreased
1 DisconnectIdleGuests
1 MaxIdleTime
1 DisconnectWarning
1 UseCacheFlush
1 FlushTimeInterval
1 HostSingleUserFiles
1 UseAutoUpdate
1 UseRemoteAdmin
1 RequirePassword
1 Password
1 CustomExtensions
1 MaxEventLogSize
1 UseStatsLog
1 StatsTimeInterval
1 MaxStatsLogSize
Preference settings that require
you to restart FileMaker Server
1 MaxGuests, if number of guests is increased
1 MaxFiles, if number of guests is increased
1 CacheSize
1 UseCustomServerName
1 ServerRoot
1 FMServerUser
1 FMServerGroup
1 CustomServerName
1 UsePrefIPAddr
1 PrefIPAddr
1 UseCustomExtensions
1 EventLogPath
1 StatsLogPath
1 UseDirectoryService
1 DirectoryService.ServerName
Runtime preference settings that are applied when you
reload the configuration file or restart FileMaker Server