Administrator’s Guide

60 FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
Event.log (Mac OS) 12, 38, 51
Events
checking for file corruption 43
logging 38
Extended privileges 11, 12, 25
Extensions folder 49
Extensions, filename 26
for runtime solutions 35
External authentication 26, 41
See also www.filemaker.com/server
External servers 26, 41
F
Favorite Servers
adding (Mac OS) 47
adding (Windows) 45
File permissions
ACL 17
Mac OS 27, 52
FileMaker Pro
access privileges for files 42
downloading plug-ins from 33
FileMaker Server, comparison 11
FileMaker Pro Advanced (formerly FileMaker
Developer) 35
FileMaker Server
described 10–11
FileMaker Pro, comparison 11
installing
in Mac OS 20
in Windows 19
new features 12
ports used 22
registering software license 8
requirements 17
starting 45–46
stopping
Mac OS 47
Windows 46
FileMaker Server Admin
described 11
installing
in Mac OS 21
in Windows 20
overview of starting and stopping with 48
FileMaker Server Advanced
described 10
enabling web publishing and ODBC/
JDBC 32
installing 17
ODBC/JDBC with 32
updating to 9
web publishing with 19, 32
FileMaker Server Config. See FileMaker Server
Admin
Filename extensions 26, 35
Files
access to 27, 42, 52
backing up 55
closing 30
configuring properties 34
consistency check 12, 16, 42, 51
corrupted after restart 42
enabling extended privileges 11, 25
number of 10, 34
opening automatically 28
opening manually 28
sample 22
size 55
statistics on 50
Filtering file display 41
Firewalls 22
fmsadmin group (Mac OS) 27, 36, 41, 52
fmserver user (Mac OS) 27, 52
fmserver_helperd daemon 52
FMServer_Sample.fp7 12, 22
fmserverd daemon 52
Folders
and Mac OS permissions 52
backup 36
default
described 49, 56
specifying additional 36
default for databases 26
log files 38
G
Graphs, of usage statistics (Windows) 50
Group permissions (Mac OS) 27, 52
Groups
defining for security (Windows) 41
FileMaker Pro See Accounts 42
operating system privileges 36
Guests. See Clients
H
Handicapped access 8
Hardware requirements 17
Helper daemon 21, 46
Helper service 19, 45
Hibernation (Windows) 42
Hit percentage, cache 50
Hosting files
maximum number 10, 34
preparing for 25–28
I
Idle clients, disconnecting 33
Installing FileMaker Server
in Mac OS 20
in Windows 19
recommendations 17
verifying installation 22
Installing FileMaker Server Admin
in Mac OS 21
in Windows 20