30    FileMaker Pro Web Publishing Security Guidelines

When users attempt to access your protected database on the Web, the web browser displays a user 

name and password dialog box. 

Once you establish a user name and password, they are sent by the web browser with every request 

to the web server. The FileMaker Pro Web Companion checks these values against the settings 

configured in the Web Security Database, and then determines if any user permissions or field 

restrictions exist for a specific action. 

Installing the Web Security Database

When you install FileMaker Pro, the Web Security Database files are automatically installed in 

Web Security/Databases folder. If the folder isn't there, then you'll need to do a custom install.  See 

the 

FileMaker Pro Getting Started Guide

 for information on installing FileMaker Pro Web Support, 

which includes the Web Security Database. 

Note

  Do not install the Web Security Database to the Web folder unless you intend to use Remote 

Administration. For more information, see  Changing Web Security settings remotely from the 

Web  on page 36.

Enabling the Web Security Database

The Web Security Database must be open before you can enable it in FileMaker Pro.

1. 

In FileMaker Pro, choose 

File

 menu > 

Open

 and open the 

Web Security.fp5

 file.

(FileMaker Pro/Web Security/Databases/Web Security.fp5)