maybe this will help... gonna try this myself
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Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 15:49:36 -0600
From: Jon Gardner
Subject: Automatic startup of FileMaker Pro Server 5.5 on Mac OS X
FileMaker Pro Server 5.5 on Mac OS X won't startup automatically when the machine boots. According to the documentation and FileMaker technical support, the only way to start the so-called "server" is to run the FileMaker Server Config app and click the "Start" button. Since this is totally lame and unacceptable, I devised a workaround.
1. Logon as root.
2. Edit /etc/hostconfig and add the following line somewhere in the file: FMPSERVER=-YES-
3. In /Library/StartupItems, create a new directory named "FMPServer".
4. In the FMPServer directory, create two files, one named "StartupParameters.plist" and the other named "FMPServer".
Contents of StartupParameters.plist:
--------------------------------------------------
{
Description = "FileMaker Pro Server";
Provides = ("FMPServer");
Requires = ("Resolver");
OrderPreference = "None";
Messages =
{
start = "Starting FileMaker Pro Server";
stop = "Stopping FileMaker Pro Server";
};
}
--------------------------------------------------
Contents of FMPServer:
--------------------------------------------------
#!/bin/sh
. /etc/rc.common
##
# Start up FileMaker Pro Server
##
if [ "${FMPSERVER:=-NO-}" = "-YES-" ]; then
ConsoleMessage "Starting FileMaker Pro Server"
# If the FileMaker Server 5.5 folder is in a different location
# from the one shown below, modify the path appropriately!
cd "/Applications/FileMaker Server 5.5/FileMaker Server
Config.app/Contents/Resources/"
./fmserverd start -c fmserver.conf
fi
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