Chapter 3
Using the Web Security Database
The FileMaker
Pro Web Security Database is a set of three related databases working together to
protect your databases published on an intranet or the Internet. Designed to work with your custom
web pages, the Web Security Database lets you provide user name and password protection to
multiple FileMaker Pro databases.You can optionally set specific user permissions and field
restrictions for each database, and update or change those settings directly from your web browser.
With a Web Security user name and a password, web users can do one or more of the following in
your published database(s):
Browse records
Create records
Edit records
Delete records
Perform scripts
View all except certain restricted fields
Search all except certain restricted fields
Edit all except certain restricted fields
Enter a special value in a restricted field and view, edit, or delete only those records that contain
the exact matching value
Modify or delete records containing exact matching values in the restricted field
Important
The Web Security Database is not designed to work with FileMaker Pro Instant Web
Publishing. The ExactSearch, ExactUpdate, and ExactDelete field restrictions do not function
properly in Instant Web Publishing. For information about creating custom web pages using the
FileMaker Pro Unlimited or FileMaker Developer products, go to www.filemaker.com. In
FileMaker Pro, choose
Help
menu >
FileMaker on the Web
.
How the Web Security Database works
The Web Security Database includes two types of files: databases for providing web security and
HTML files for changing the web security settings remotely. Web security is controlled by a main
database named Web Security.fp5 and two related databases named Web Users_.fp5 and Web
Fields_.fp5.