Filemaker Pro 10 TU691LL/A Benutzerhandbuch

Although your operating system includes file security features, you should use FileMaker Pro accounts and 
privileges to protect your data. In FileMaker Pro, you restrict which users can access a file when you protect 
files by defining accounts and passwords. The account name and password that users enter determine which 
privilege set is used. These privilege sets limit what users can do in the file.

In this lesson you will learn:

How accounts, passwords, and privilege sets work together to protect your data

How to create accounts, passwords, and privilege sets

Accounts authenticate users who attempt to open a protected file. An account includes an account name and 
usually a password. Accounts can be set up for individual users or you can create accounts that are shared 
among groups of individuals, such as a “Marketing” account. Shared accounts are useful when you want 
fewer accounts to maintain and aren’t concerned with tracking individual access to a database file. However, 
it’s safer to create many accounts than to have multiple users share one account. Passwords are case-
sensitive, but account names are not.

When you create a database, two predefined accounts are created (Admin and Guest) and three predefined 
privilege sets are available (Full Access, Data Entry Only, and Read-Only Access).

The Admin account is not assigned a password and is assigned the Full Access privilege set, which permits 
access to everything in the file. The Guest account allows users to open a file without specifying an account 
name, is not assigned a password, and is assigned Read-Only privileges.

Passwords and access privileges for predefined accounts can be changed.

To create an account and password:

1. Open Sample Copy.fp7.
2. Choose File menu > Manage > Accounts & Privileges.
3. Click New in the Accounts tab.
4. For Account is authenticated via, Choose FileMaker.

Predefined 

accounts

Custom 

Accounts