Administrator’s Guide

Chapter 5
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Mac OS: To configure administrative properties, choose View menu >
Configure
, then click the Administration tab.
Specifying a custom server name
For the computer running FileMaker Server, you can specify a server
name that’s different from the name registered by the operating
system.When you define a custom name, FileMaker
Pro clients see
this new name when they open the Open Remote File dialog box. The
custom name is also displayed when connecting using FileMaker
Server Admin.
Authenticating the administrator
FileMaker Server Admin can be protected by requiring:
1 a password for access
1 the administrator be a member of an administrative group account
called
fmsadmin on the system where FileMaker Server is running
Note Unless Allow remote users to administer FileMaker Server is
enabled, the settings apply only to local users on the system running
FileMaker Server.
Important If you require a password or authentication for security
reasons, also remember to restrict access to the server computer. Do
not put the computer in an unsecured room.
Enabling remote administration
Using the FileMaker Server Admin application, you can remotely
control, or administer, FileMaker
Server from a different computer
than the one on which FileMaker
Server is installed and hosting
databases. Select
Allow remote users to administer FileMaker Server to
enable remote administration.
Important You enable remote administration only with the FileMaker
Server Admin application installed on the same computer as
FileMaker Server. You can disable remote administration from a
remote computer.
After you enable remote administration, you can use FileMaker
Server Admin on a remote computer to configure FileMaker Server
properties, view a list of hosted databases, view the clients using them,
and monitor performance statistics. You can also send messages to
clients, disconnect clients, and open or close hosted databases
remotely.
Recording usage statistics and setting log file
size limits
Windows: Configure log file properties in the Administration assistant
or select host and then choose
Action menu > Properties > Logging tab.