Creating accountsYou can create accounts for every individual who accesses a file, or create fewer accounts that are shared among many individuals, such as a “Marketing” account and a “Sales” account. You must assign a privilege set to each new account. See About accounts, privilege sets, and extended privileges.
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2. Click New.
3. For information about accounts managed by an external server, see Creating accounts that authenticate via an external server.
5. To force the account user to choose a new password the first time he or she logs in, choose User must change password on next login.Note In most cases, an account that is shared by multiple users should not force a password change upon first login. Instead, you should specify a password and provide it to the users that need it. Also, the privilege set for a shared account should not permit password changes because one user could change the password and lock out all other users who share the account. See Editing other privileges.
6. For Account Status, choose whether you want the account to be active or inactive.
7. For Privilege Set, choose the privilege set you want to use with this account.You can choose an existing privilege set, or choose New Privilege Set and create a new one. See Creating new privilege sets.
8. For Description, enter a description of the account (optional).
9. Click OK.
• If you’ve finished working with accounts and privileges, click OK. In the dialog box that appears, enter an account name and password that is assigned the Full Access privilege set, and click OK.
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• Passwords are case-sensitive. For example, if you specify a password as zFootBallz2, FileMaker Pro will not accept zfootballz2. When you’re entering a password for an account, make sure the Caps Lock key on your keyboard is not inadvertently enabled.
• Account names are not case-sensitive. For example, if you specify an account name as Chris, the account user can successfully open the file by entering chris or CHRIS as the account name.