There is no option for password reset/recovery in the login ui and it's easy to think that you are completely out of luck.įortunately FileMaker does provide an easy way to reset the password, as long as you can access the command line on the server and entered a four digit recovery PIN during the server configuration. If you need access to the admin console in FileMaker Server (FMS) and don't have access to the correct password it can be a little daunting. Unable to sign in to FileMaker Server admin console because of password issues? Fortunately there is an easy way to reset it and get access to the FMS admin console. So one thing I will try, instead of restarting the entire server, is to simply restart the Admin Server.How To Recover/Reset Filemaker Server Admin Password Jun 20, 2016 Like with many things in the technology world, by simply restarting it you can sometimes fix something that has gone awry.
But when you try to open up the Admin Console, nothing happens.
You know the database server is still running, because people are using the databases and you can still see the server when you click “open remote” on your client version of FileMaker Pro. For one reason or another, sometimes the Admin Server can stop working. One thing I use this for on occasion is to restart the Admin Server.
Remember what I said about great power? You should definitely play around with this on a test server before you use it on a production server.
This would shut down the database server, and immediately disconnect all the clients. So, for example, if you wanted to force a restart of the whole database server, you would type " fmsadmin restart server -f -force." The options, or parameters, that you specify at the end of the command give you more control over what you want to do. It basically breaks down what your command should look like, and what OPTIONS you can specify for each command.
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