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Enter the group name and password of the administrator group | •Group Name: The group administrator enters this name when logging in to Admin Console. The group can’t be the same as the Server Administrator name. It can be up to 50 characters. You cannot use a slash (/) in the name. •Password Hint: The hint is displayed on the Login page after three failed attempts to enter the user name and password. |
Use an optional external group for authentication | Select Use external group and enter an optional domain or local machine name followed by the external authentication group name. For example: groupname, domain\groupname, or groupname@localmachine. The external group cannot be associated with the Admin Console account. See Admin Console settings. You can limit the number of external groups FileMaker Server searches when authenticating users by specifying the domain or local machine name in either of the following formats: •domain\group or localmachine\group •group@domain or group@localmachine If you do not specify a domain or local machine name, FileMaker Server searches: •macOS: the local machine only •Windows: the domain, if the computer is a member of a domain, then searches the local machine To test your external group authentication setting, click Test External Group. Important For guidelines for using external authentication groups, see External authentication for Admin Console and administrator groups. |
Select the FileMaker Server group folder that contains the databases you want to associate with the administrator group | For the Group Folder, click Select Folder. Select the FileMaker Server group folder. See FileMaker Server group folders. •Folders that are not associated with an administrator group and are available to select have the following folder icon in the Select Folder dialog box: •Folders that are already associated with an administrator group and are not available to select for another group have the following group folder icon: . •The parent folder or subfolder of an existing group folder cannot be selected as a group folder, as indicated by the following folder icon: |
Select the FileMaker Server administrator group privileges | On the Details tab, select the group privileges. See FileMaker Server administrator group privileges. |
Configure Group Launch Center for the administrator group | Click the Group Launch Center tab, then select Enable Group Launch Center. |
Remove an administrator group | Select the name in Group Name, then click Remove. Note The databases in the group folder and all associated schedules are not deleted when you remove a group. |