Administrator’s Guide

Chapter 4
Hosting databases
Read this first
Before you can share FileMaker Pro database files, it’s important to
prepare your files for hosting. The steps listed below provide an
overview of the process. See the remaining sections for more
information about each step.
1. Edit the accounts and privileges sets that clients will use for shared
access.
2. Put the FileMaker Pro database files in the proper location.
3. For files that will be shared from Mac OS, change the files to
belong to the
fmsadmin group. To edit databases shared from
Mac OS, files should also have group read and write access enabled.
4. Verify that your files are listed as opened (status is Normal) in the
FileMaker Server Admin Databases view, and verify that they are
available to FileMaker clients.
Converting databases to the current format
You must convert databases created in FileMaker Pro 6 and earlier to
FileMaker Pro 7 format. FileMaker Pro 7 and FileMaker Pro 8 share
the same file format. For information about converting databases to
FileMaker Pro 7 format, see
Converting FileMaker Databases from
Previous Versions
, available as a PDF file from www.filemaker.com/
downloads.
Step 1. Edit accounts and privilege sets
In FileMaker Pro, edit the accounts and privilege sets that clients will
use for shared access to each database. Choose
File menu > Define >
Accounts & Privileges.
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.
FileMaker Pro Define Accounts & Privileges dialog box, Extended Privileges tab