LaRetta Posted February 22, 2006 Posted February 22, 2006 (edited) I've read we can now change our passwords while we are being served. An emergency has come up and I need to change only the Management passwords in the morning - while being served! Do I script something like: Open File1 Password[] Close File Open File2 Password[] ... etc? And then check 'Run Script with Full Access'? I can't test it and I'm nervous (while served isn't the time to make a mistake). We use Opener which isn't password-protected. It calls the main file via sub-script. It and five other files in Databases have passwords. I need to script this because we have removed all menus with SecureFM. [help] UPDATE: We are running Server 7 and mixed 7/8 clients. L Edited February 22, 2006 by Guest Added Update
Genx Posted February 22, 2006 Posted February 22, 2006 You mean you cant change the password to an account while the file is being hosted? That seems a bit redundant. Bad FileMaker, bad ... Sorry, im just subscribing.
Ender Posted February 22, 2006 Posted February 22, 2006 Hi LaRetta, Changing passwords in multiple files could be done by having the main file execute subscripts in each file that ask the user to change the password using the Change Password[] script step. But it would then display the Change Password dialog for each file, and the passwords entered could be different for each file. Another way is to use Show Custom Dialog[] to ask the user for a new password (or you could use it to have the administrator reset the password,) then use the Reset Account Password [] script step with the values already selected from the previous dialog to set the password in each file. This can get fairly complicated to check for errors, and if you want to enforce rules about what passwords users may choose for themselves. In either case, you should carefully test this in an offline copy prior to inserting it into your solution. Hey, I thought you were looking into external authentication?? That would simplify things a bit.
LaRetta Posted February 22, 2006 Author Posted February 22, 2006 Hi Mike Well, we still haven't identified WHAT we have. It appears we're 'partway' externally authenticated. Before we were served it was no problem. I could open the files directly on the host box for quick fixes. Now I can't even get at the puppies!! Heck, I can't even get into layout mode while we're served; although I can get into Define Databases and scripts!! Another long story ... Okay, well I'll tell Management they can't do it today while it's served and I'll attack the issue again tonight when I get back. L
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