Re: User Account Management and System Upgrades

On 17 Apr, 17:13, Grip <g...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Apr 17, 5:11 am, KevinSmith <pleasedonotusethisaddr...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

There's a table where I store all the user names. The user names match
FileMaker's own user accounts. This allows me to setup new users in my
custom created User Account Management area and the system will
automatically setup a login for them in all the files of the solution.
Passwords are not stored in the table I've setup; they are only stored
in the Accounts and Privileges section of the FileMaker files.

Now here's the problem: I like to be able to work on a development
copy of the system offline. To upgrade I import all the data from the
live system into the development copy. If a user has changed their
password since the development copy work started, these changes will
be lost. Can you recommend a solution?

Kevin,

How about simply prohibiting users from changing their password while
you're in development?

G

Hi Grip

Excellent lateral thinking. In reality, people do seldom change their
passwords. Rather than telling them not to change their passwords,
I'll just handle the problem of resetting passwords for the minority
of people who have changed their passwords in the interim. For the
rest, they'll just be able to get in as normal.

It's not the most professional approach, but I think many clients
could live with it.

Thanks very much
Kevin
.

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