FileMaker Pro 4.1 Mac User's Guide

Deleting or changing passwords
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To Do this
Networking and access privileges 7-15
Delete a password Choose Access Privileges from the File menu, and then choose
Define Passwords. Select the password in the Define Passwords
dialog box, and then click Delete. In the confirmation dialog box,
click Delete, and then click Done. When prompted, type the master
password, and then click OK.
Change a password if
you know a master
password
Change your own
password if you don’t
know a master password
Choose Access Privileges from the File menu, and then choose
Define Passwords. Select the password in the Define Passwords
dialog box. Edit the password, revise the privileges, and then
click Change. Click Done. When prompted, type the master
password, and then click OK.
Choose Change Password from the File menu. In the Change
Password dialog box, type the old password. Type the new
password, type it again to confirm it, and then click OK.
Keep these points in mind:
1 Notify users if you change their passwords.
1 If you change passwords while a file is shared, the changes don’t take
effect until guests close and reopen the file.
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the or Help menu, and then type:
E deleting passwords
E passwords, changing
Defining groups
After you define passwords, define groups to restrict access to specific
fields and layouts. You can:
1 associate a group with more than one password. For example, you can
assign separate passwords for each person in an accounting group.
All users have access to the same layouts and fields (determined by
the group), but only the managers can make changes to the file
(determined by their passwords).
1 associate the same password to more than one group. For example, to
give an accountant access to the layouts and fields for the Sales and
Inventory groups, associate the accountant’s password with both
groups.