External Authentication - Still No Joy

[Charlie Boisseau]

So I've read all the documentation, and I've hit a brick wall. In all the manuals I have it shows screenshots of the FileMaker Server Admin utility which seem to have things my one doesn't. In the manuals, there are two radio-buttons which supposedly become enabled when external accounts is turned on. One says "Use local accounts and groups" and the other says "Use domain user accounts and groups". I think this second one is what I need to be enabling, however it doesn't even appear on my screen.

Did FM take these options out? Or do I need to do something else to make them appear? Is there someone who has done this already on OS X Server?

Thanks.

[Wim Decorte]

If you don't see those options then you haven't updated your FMS to v3.

FMS will now collect both local groups and domain groups for the account that is trying to log in.

If you want to have only local groups evaluated, make sure the FMS machine is not part of the domain.

[Charlie Boisseau]

I am on v3 of SA. Also, I have tried setting the FMS as a member of the OD domain. Neither of these things seem to make a difference. I still don't see the options on the Admin utility and the users don't authenticate.

Any ideas?

Cheers.

[Wim Decorte]

Did you download the EA white paper on the FM website: it shows how to do the complete setup and has a troubleshooting section. http://www.filemaker.com/downloads/pdf/server_authentication_tb.pdf

The first check would be this: can you log in to the FMS machine OS with any of the OD accounts. If you can't then the FMS machine is not set up properly. Keep in mind that OSX will always look in its own Netinfo db for the account before going up to the OD. If you have a "charlie" account on both the local FMS machine and the OD, and you're trying to log in with "charlie" and the OD pw then login will fail.

[Charlie Boisseau]

NO I hadn't read that document - I didn't realize it existed! That answers all my questions - thanks!