Click File then Sharing then Share with FileMaker Clients.Part 3: Configure FileMaker Database Sharing When prompted, enter Admin in the Full Access Account field, and enter the password for that account.

Check the box next to Require full access privileges to use references to this file.

If the File Access tab is not visible, click the Use Detailed Setup.

Repeat this process until all three of the security groups have been added.

'Read' would be set to 'Read-Only Access' 'Write' would be set to 'Data Entry Only' 'Developer' would be set to 'Full Access'.

Set the Privilege Set to the corresponding security level for this group.

Enter one of the Active Directory security group names created for this database into the Group name field.

Set the Account is authenticated via option to External server.

Add the Active Directory security groups created for you in Part 1:.

If it is lost or forgotten, there is no way to recover it. Keep this admin password in a safe place. The password should be at least 8 characters, contain upper and lower case letters, numbers and special characters. The password on the Admin account must not be blank and should be easily guessed.

Highlight the Admin account and click Edit.

Uncheck the Guest account, if it is not already.

Part 2: Configure FileMaker Database Security Once the security groups have been created, proceed to Part 2 where you configure your database security. So, for example, if your database name is 'Widgets' then you will have 3 security groups 'Widgets Read', 'Widgets Write' and 'Widgets Developer'. The group name will consist of the database name and the privilege - Read, Write or Developer. Three security groups will be created for each database.

A list of the names of the people who should be added to each of the security groups for this database.

They'll need the following information for this request: Put in a ticket at request Active Directory security groups be created for your database. Part 1: Request Active Directory Security Groups

There are four parts to getting your FileMaker database ready and hosted on the secure FileMaker server. Each database hosted on this server must adhere to certain security guidelines. Dartmouth provides a secure, centralized environment for hosting FileMaker databases that contain DISC level 2 and 3 data.

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