Web Publishing Installation Guide

Installing the Web Publishing Engine in Mac OS X 29
8. Click Install.
9. When installation completes, do one of the following:
1 Click Restart to leave the Installer and restart your computer.
1 If you want to install other software components before using the computer, you can either click
Continue to install the other components, or you can click Quit to quit the installer.
Note You must restart your computer before you can start using the Web Publishing Engine or
Administration Console.
Note The installer creates a group named fmsadmin and an account named fmweb to run the Web Publishing
Engine in.
Where files are stored on your hard disk
The Web Publishing Engine installer copies files to several folders on your hard disk, depending on the
installation options you choose. When installation is complete, you can view the Web Publishing Engine
Installer Log File, which lists the location of each installed file, in the FileMaker Server 7 folder inside the
Library folder. You can view the log file with TextEdit or a word processing program. If the log file already
exists from a previous installation, the new information is appended at the end of the file.
Uninstalling, modifying, or repairing the Web Publishing Engine
You can use the FileMaker Web Publishing Engine installer to uninstall the Web Publishing Engine software
components. Before uninstalling, be sure to stop the Web Publishing Engine services. See “Starting,
restarting, stopping, or disabling the services in Mac OS X” on page 52.
Installing the FileMaker Site Assistant and FileMaker CDML Converter
You can install the FileMaker Site Assistant on any computer that has network access to the Web Publishing
Engine, or it can be installed on the same computer as the Web Publishing Engine. The Site Assistant needs
access to the Web Publishing Engine to operate.
You can install the FileMaker CDML Converter, which does not need access to the Web Publishing Engine,
on any computer.