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

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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.