Administrator’s Guide

Getting started 11
1 In FileMaker Pro, edit the accounts and privilege sets that clients
will use for shared access.
1 Enable the appropriate extended privileges for particular
privilege sets. Every account assigned to a privilege set with
extended privileges will be able to access the database through the
protocol associated with an extended privilege, (for example,
Access via FileMaker Network). For more information on accounts,
privilege sets, and extended privileges, see the
FileMaker Pro
User’s Guide
.
1 Enable the privilege to Disconnect user from FileMaker Server
when idle
to disconnect idle users from FileMaker Server for each
account (or keep them connected), as necessary. For more
information on setting the length of time a user must be idle before
being disconnected, see
“Setting the maximum time allowed for
idle FileMaker Pro clients” on page 21.
1 If your organization uses a server to centrally manage
authentication for users and groups, FileMaker
Server can use that
server as an authenticator to manage database access if you have
defined External Server account types in the database. For more
information on authenticating via an external server for
FileMaker
Pro accounts, see FileMaker Pro Help.
1 If the database solutions you will host on FileMaker Server use
plug-ins, you can enable the Auto Update plug-in preference in each
FileMaker
Pro client to automatically install or update required or
outdated plug-ins. To automatically update a plug-in or support file,
the required file must be installed on FileMaker
Server and the Auto
Update feature must be enabled in FileMaker
Pro and on
FileMaker
Server. See “Allowing FileMaker Pro clients to download
updates automatically” on page 21 and the FileMaker Guide to
Updating Plug-ins. Plug-ins installed on FileMaker Server
(Mac
OS) must also be owned by the group fmsadmin and have
group read permissions. For more information, see
“Using
FileMaker Server in Mac OS” on page 39.
1 Place the FileMaker Pro files that you want to make available for
FileMaker
Server to open in one of the following folders:
Windows: \Program Files\FileMaker\FileMaker Server 7\ Data\
Databases\
Mac OS: /Library/FileMaker Server 7/Data/Databases/
Important If you need to move, copy, or rename a hosted file, be sure
to close it first.
1 For files that will be hosted by FileMaker Server on Mac OS,
change the group ownership to the fmsadmin group. To edit
databases hosted by FileMaker
Server on Mac OS, files should also
have group write permissions. See
“Using FileMaker Server in
Mac OS” on page 39 for more information.
1 Shell scripts and plug-ins used with files hosted by
FileMaker
Server on Mac OS must also have the correct
permissions. See
“Using FileMaker Server in Mac OS” on page 39
for more information.
1 After installing FileMaker Server, use the included sample
database, FMServer_Sample_Config.fp7, to verify your installation.
See
“Verifying your installation” on page 17 for more information.