Create account access

When you create an account access entry in the Manage Security dialog box in FileMaker Pro, you first choose the account type, then specify settings.

• FileMaker file: Specify an account name, password, and privilege set. Supported in local files and files hosted by FileMaker Server, but not by FileMaker Cloud.

  You can specify a temporary password and prompt the user to change it. In the Edit Account dialog box, select Require password change on next sign in.

  Passwords are stored using a one-way hash, meaning the password is never stored as plain text. You can reset a password, but you can't recover a password.

• External server: Specify a group name and privilege set. Supported only in files hosted by FileMaker Server. See Set up external authentication.

• OAuth identity provider: Specify a user name or group object ID and privilege set. Supported only in files hosted by FileMaker Server. See Set up OAuth identity provider authentication.

• Claris ID or an external IdP: For a team, specify a group, a Claris ID user name or external IdP account user's email, and a privilege set. Supported only in files hosted by FileMaker Cloud. See Set up Claris ID or external IdP authentication.

See "Creating and editing account access" in FileMaker Pro Help; and Use strong passwords.