Hi

In my solution on FMP6 I had around 5000 users.

I built a whole security and permissions backbone on my own.

Now, with FMP7 I don't need it anymore...But there is a small problem..

I don't want to create 5000 new acounts...

So, my question is If I have a table with all the users and their password, do you think there is a way to link between this information and the built-in security in FMP7? Is there a way to give Group permissions in anyway (and still be able to login with any account?) am I making any sense...??

External Authentication with FileMaker Server 7.

That said, 5000 accounts can be created in a manner of minutes automatically.

If they all have the same privileges, make one privilege set, and then import the usernames/passwords into a temporary table, and script the creation of usernames/passwords to be part of that privilege set.

Thanks....

But I have several privilege sets for the users... (4 to be exact)

How do I apply them if a user logs in through the LDAP?

About creating the account..yes it is possible. The problem is in maintanence.

IT is already controling this information, no need for redundancy...

Well, 4 isn't several - it just means running the script 4 times. As for LDAP - I'm not sure as I haven't used LDAP yet. I believe you still create the usernames, but the password authentication is controlled through LDAP. I don't believe you enter the name of the privilege set on the LDAP server, but I could be wrong.

Look on FM's web site in the Tech Briefs section. There are two articles on security and I believe they address the issue of privilege sets for LDAP authenticated users.

LDAP does not control external authentication. Active Directory, Open Directory, or server local accounts do.

There have been some significant changes to this in the FileMaker Server 7.0v2 rev.

Yes, but the question still applies, just a misnaming of the external authentication technology. How does FMS handle privileges when the user logs in through Active or Open Directory?