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Viewing and reordering accounts

The Manage Accounts & Privileges dialog box displays a list of all the accounts for a file. You can view and reorder this list of accounts. If necessary, you can also change the authentication order of accounts, which determines the order that FileMaker Server searches through the accounts list for a valid account.

Note  Changing the authentication order of accounts is only necessary under certain situations when your file is hosted by FileMaker Server. For more information, see the Notes section in Creating accounts that authenticate via an external server and the FileMaker Server documentation.

To view the accounts for a file:

1.	Open the database file.

2.	Choose File menu > Manage > Accounts & Privileges.

The Manage Accounts & Privileges dialog box appears. It initially shows the Accounts tab, which lists the accounts defined for this file.

To reorder the accounts list:

1.	Follow the steps above to display the accounts for a file.

2.	Do one of the following to order the accounts:

 

To order the accounts list	Choose
Alphabetically	View by > account name or click the Account column heading. (On Windows, you can also switch the alphabetical list between ascending and descending order by clicking the Account column heading.)
In the order the accounts were created	View by > creation order.
In the order that FileMaker Server searches through the accounts list for a valid account	View by > authentication order.

Mac OS: You can switch the ordered list between ascending and descending order by clicking the arrow button.

To change the authentication order of accounts:

1.	Follow the steps above to display the accounts for a file.

2.	Choose View by > authentication order.

3.	Drag each account by its arrow icon into the order you want.

4.

Click OK.

Notes

•	For details about working with accounts, see Creating accounts, Editing existing accounts, Duplicating and deleting accounts, and Creating accounts that authenticate via an external server.

•	For details about the Admin and Guest accounts, see About the Admin and Guest accounts.

•	To quickly activate or deactivate an account, click its checkbox in the first column of the Accounts tab. For more information, see Creating accounts and Editing existing accounts.