I have never worked with FM server before, and am trying to move a file that was previously used locally on my computer. I want to have it on the server so it can be accessed by more than one person at a time.

I moved the file to the FM 8 Server, and am able to access the file across the network, but I am unable to modify it. When I try to do any modification, I get an error that says "This action cannot be performed because this file is not modifiable."

Before moving the file to the server, I created an admin login with full access, and a user login with write only access. This was done on the local file. I get the same error message with either login when connecting to the server, but it works fine when I am accessing the file locally.

Was I supposed to configure something on the server? Basically all I did on the server was put the file into the databases folder, then start up server. What else do I have to do?

Thanks for any help here.

Mike

The folder containing the databases (including any sub-folders) along with the database files themselves must have the Group "fmsadmin" with "Read & Write" permission. This setting is not there when you first drag files into your database folders, so you have to check it every time you add files. Be sure to close the databases in Server first, then open them again after the OS permissions are fixed.

Thanks Ender, that did the trick.