Remote User Management

[ModernProteus]

Hi All,

 

I have a fairly large suite of FM solutions that I host for a whole department, and I'm looking for a way to manage users more efficiently.

 

I've explored a couple options, and was hoping for some insight on managing users remotely, from a 'stand-alone' FM solution.

 

First off, I realize I can do external authentication via LDAP ... and am currently working to incorporate this into solutions in the long term, but have run into some road blocks with our internal LDAP authentication.  I'm exploring a 'stop-gap' solution for now, which is what I've attempted to outline below:

 

Concept:

 

I currently have a solution which receives requests for access, and houses all the data needed to create these new users once approved.

 

From this stand alone solution, I'd like to be able to create, edit & remove users from various other stand alone solutions.

 

1) Is there a way to get a list of Privilege Sets from a remote solution via FileMaker script?

  - I realize this may have some security implications, so a better option may be to normalize all Privilege Sets across all solutions.  This would negate the need for gathering a list of Privilege Sets.

 

2) Is there a way to create, edit & remove users from various other remote stand alone solutions via FM script?

 

I'm not limited to the specifics of the concept mentioned above ... really just looking for a way to remotely manage users across multiple FM solutions.

 

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!

 

[Fitch]

Something like this:

http://www.modularfilemaker.org/module/accounts-modular-user-account-management/