Guide to Updating Plug-ins

9-12 FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
Specifying the preferred IP address
If you have more than one network card in the server computer, you
can specify a preferred IP address for FileMaker Server to use.
Otherwise, FileMaker Server will use the first configured non-
loopback device returned by the operating system.
If you want to dedicate a specific IP address for FileMaker Server,
first you turn on this setting and then you specify the IP address to
use. After you specify a preferred IP address, you must restart
FileMaker Server for the new setting to take effect.
To set the preferred IP address:
1. Switch to the root user and enter the root password.
2. Using your text editor, open the fmserver.conf file.
3. Find the UsePrefIPAddr preference parameter and replace the
current value with
ON.
UsePrefIPAddr ON
4. Find the PrefIPAddr preference parameter and replace the current
value between the quotes with a valid IP address. For example:
PrefIPAddr “192.168.0.10”
Note If UsePrefIPAddr is set to OFF, the PrefIPAddr setting is
ignored and the first system IP address is used.
5. If you’re finished making changes to the configuration file, close
the text editor, restart FileMaker Server, and log out as the root user.
Opening runtime solutions automatically
You can have FileMaker Server automatically open runtime solution
files that have been bound using FileMaker Developer 5.x.
About FileMaker Developer
FileMaker Developer lets database developers create and distribute
complete single user database solutions containing layouts that are
not modifiable by users.
Runtime solution files typically have unique filename extensions.
For example, rather than the standard .fp5 extension, a runtime
solution file might have the extension .cm1. Registering these
runtime solution filename extensions in the fmserver.conf file
enables FileMaker Server to open these files automatically when
they are placed in the /var/fmserver directory (or subdirectories one
level down).
If you want FileMaker Server to open runtime solutions
automatically, first turn on custom extensions, then specify the
extensions to recognize.
To enable FileMaker Server to open runtime solution files
automatically:
1. Switch to the root user and enter the root password.
2. Using your text editor, open the fmserver.conf file.
3. Find the UseCustomExtensions preference parameter and replace
the current value with
ON.
UseCustomExtensions ON
4. Find the CustomExtensions preference parameter and replace the
current value between the quotes with from 1 to 16 custom file
extensions. Separate each extension with a colon. For example:
CustomExtensions “.cm1:.fregv:.fvgx:.pfc”
Extensions can contain any characters except the double quote
character (“) and can be any length, as long as the database file name
and extension don’t exceed 256 characters.
5. If you’re finished making changes to the configuration file, close
the text editor, restart FileMaker Server, and log out as the root user.