Administrator’s Guide

4 FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
Recording usage statistics and setting log file size limits 25
Controlling the collection of usage statistics 25
Logging FileMaker Server events 26
Configuring the Event Viewer (Windows) 26
Configuring directory services 26
Registering FileMaker Server with a directory service 27
Setting FileMaker Server security 27
Defining groups for use with security features
(Windows) 28
Authenticating client log in 28
Filtering the display of files 29
Securing connections to FileMaker Server 29
Protecting files with accounts and privileges 29
Restoring FileMaker Server default settings 29
How FileMaker Server behaves during system sleep or
abnormal shutdown 29
Chapter 4
Administering FileMaker Server
Default folders for files 31
Database files 31
Server plug-ins 31
Plug-ins to be updated automatically on client machines 31
Shell scripts 31
Starting FileMaker Server (Windows) 31
Stopping FileMaker Server (Windows) 32
Starting FileMaker Server (Mac OS) 33
Stopping FileMaker Server (Mac OS) 34
Overview of starting and stopping FileMaker Server using
FileMaker Server Admin 34
Connecting to FileMaker Server using
FileMaker Server Admin 35
Administering hosted databases 35
Hosting FileMaker Pro files 35
Viewing hosted databases 35
Listing current clients 36
Sending messages to FileMaker Pro clients 36
Disconnecting clients 36
Closing hosted files 36
Port usage and remote administration 37
Enabling database plug-ins 37
Viewing usage statistics for FileMaker Server 37
Monitoring server performance (Windows) 38
Using reported events to track activities 39
Viewing activities in the Event Viewer (Windows) 39
Viewing activities in the Event.log (Mac OS) 39
Using FileMaker Server in Mac OS 39
About the FileMaker Server 7 daemons 40
About file system permissions 40
Setting FileMaker Server file permissions in Mac OS 41
Using the command line to automate tasks 42
Chapter 5
Scheduling administrative tasks
Scheduling database backups 45
Running script files 45
Sending messages to clients of hosted databases 46
Viewing scheduled tasks in the Schedules view (Windows) 46
Viewing scheduled tasks in the Schedules view (Mac OS) 46
Running scheduled tasks manually 46
Editing scheduled tasks 46
Duplicating scheduled tasks 47
Deleting scheduled tasks 47
Enabling and disabling scheduled tasks 47
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