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by **Geir** » Wed, 31 Oct 2001 04:28:28

Hi

I was recommended to use FileMaker client on Os X server and post files as
multiuser. All that happens is that every time someone logs onto these
files, FileMaker freezes, and certain files corrupt.

The last time this happened, i wasn't even able to recover the crashed file,
loosing some important work.

Information anyone?

Geir Ertzgaard
Network admin

by **Tim Boot** » Wed, 31 Oct 2001 08:01:15

> Hi

> I was recommended to use FileMaker client on Os X server and post files as
> multiuser. All that happens is that every time someone logs onto these
> files, FileMaker freezes, and certain files corrupt.

How are they logging onto the files? Not through the network / file
sharing I hope...

Quote:> The last time this happened, i wasn't even able to recover the crashed file,
> loosing some important work.

Have a read through:
http://heifer.ucc.usyd.edu.au/cdf_faq/FMPro?-db=cdf_faq.fp5&-lay=main...

Cheers

Webko

by **David Herma** » Wed, 31 Oct 2001 09:08:04

Sure seems that you must be sharing the actual volume and your user's are
opening the files directly off of the shared volume. That will give you
errors and corrupt the files for sure. FileMaker uses its own file sharing
over TCP/IP or IPX/SPX protocols. IPX/SPX is no longer available under the
Macintosh OS so you will need to share via TCP/IP. Then your user's need to
open the files via the "Hosts" option when they start their copy of
FileMaker.

Dave Herman

> Organization: Tele2 Norway AS Public Access
> Newsgroups: comp.databases.filemaker
> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 19:28:28 GMT
> Subject: OS x and Filemaker client as server

> Hi

> I was recommended to use FileMaker client on Os X server and post files as
> multiuser. All that happens is that every time someone logs onto these
> files, FileMaker freezes, and certain files corrupt.

> The last time this happened, i wasn't even able to recover the crashed file,
> loosing some important work.

> Information anyone?

> Geir Ertzgaard
> Network admin