User name and password verification in FM Server 7

[RoadrunnerRay]

Am taking the plunge so to speak and have installed Filemaker Server 7 and the Web Publishing Engine on their own respective computers. I have read the myriad of documentation associated with this software and am in the process of doing some test DB conversions.

When I connect to the FM Server 7 computer by clicking on "Open Remote" I get a list of "Hosts" which in my case is one. I click on the host name and a "View Databases Hosted by Filemaker Server" window pops up asking for an account name and password. My question is this:

After entering a account name and password does Filemaker Server 7 look at all of the open databases to see if there is a match and then display the databases that have this account name and password?

Many thanks for any assistance......... Ray

[RoadrunnerRay]

Finally found the setting that controls what you see when you log on Server 7.

Under Configure--> Security --> Filter and Display of Files:

You can set either "Display all databases" or " Display only databases each user is authorized to access".

[Tony Martin]

Ok, but what I'd like to know is - is there any way to prevent that "View databases hosted by..." authentication window from popping up when a fav hosts selection is clicked on???

Our less-than-savvy users don't get it and I wish I could disable it.

any suggestions for that??

Tony :bang:

Edited June 18, 2009 by Guest

[mr_vodka]

You may be able to use a local "opener file" that performs a open remote script for you then closes itself.

[Tony Martin]

So maybe create a DB file on the user's desktop that, when opened, runs a script to open the DB that's hosted over the network?

I can do that.

hmmm...I wish we didn't have to do all these workarounds...you'd think after 10 revisions FM would do everything that makes sense :