can't update Filemaker Server /Server Advanced 9.0.1.140 on Tiger

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jlrough

can't update Filemaker Server /Server Advanced 9.0.1.140 on Tiger

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  The problem is I cannot turn on File sharing on a Filemaker file  
even with Filemaker Server off.  I also can't turn on IWP.  I  cannot  
connect to the Filemaker file remotely when Fm Server is running.  I  
want another user from another IP address to connect to the file which  
I assume doesn't have to be on the same network?  Do you have to know  
the IP address of the remote user before they log in to the file or is  
authentication via login and pw enough?

In any case, I thought this might be a problem because I didn't run  
the updaters.    I downloaded the server update to version 9.02 and  
the update for version 9.03.  I try the 9.02 updater.  Even with  
Server off it says you have to turn Filemaker Server off before doing  
the update but Filemaker Server is not on.  This is on a Mac running  
Tiger.  Is there a plist file or preference file I can remove to get  
the installer to work?  I want to do Filemaker 2 updater before I do  
version 3 updater.  I read on FM web site that there is a problem  
getting IWP to work on Tiger.  The instructions are hard to understand  
but it says that you need the full version of 9.03 not the updater to  
get IWP to work.  Is that correct? I don't have the full version of  
9.03.  If I do get the updater 9.02 to work then 9.03 then at the  
least I would like remote networking to work but I would also like IWP  
to work.  I will reinstall the server but I would like to know what is  
the problem because I don't want to reinstall the server and find the  
problem is with the OS or something else.

I have all the OS updates to Tiger installed.  i have another hard  
drive on the same computer with Leopard but i don't want to install  
FMSA on Leopard since I have  a PHP MySQL server running on it and I  
want them separated.  I suppose I could install Leopard on the Tiger  
drive if I need to but this is turning out to be really complicated  
for just demonstrating a file.
Thanks,
Janis


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Martha White

Re: can't update Filemaker Server /Server Advanced 9.0.1.140 on Tiger

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Hi Janis -- are you running Filemaker client and server on the same  
machine? If so, I think that is a no-no. You can do one or the other,  
but not both.

--Ginny

On Oct 14, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Janis Rough wrote:

> The problem is I cannot turn on File sharing on a Filemaker file  
> even with Filemaker Server off.  I also can't turn on IWP.  I  
> cannot connect to the Filemaker file remotely when Fm Server is  
> running.  I want another user from another IP address to connect to  
> the file which I assume doesn't have to be on the same network?  Do  
> you have to know the IP address of the remote user before they log  
> in to the file or is authentication via login and pw enough?
>
> In any case, I thought this might be a problem because I didn't run  
> the updaters.    I downloaded the server update to version 9.02 and  
> the update for version 9.03.  I try the 9.02 updater.  Even with  
> Server off it says you have to turn Filemaker Server off before  
> doing the update but Filemaker Server is not on.  This is on a Mac  
> running Tiger.  Is there a plist file or preference file I can  
> remove to get the installer to work?  I want to do Filemaker 2  
> updater before I do version 3 updater.  I read on FM web site that  
> there is a problem getting IWP to work on Tiger.  The instructions  
> are hard to understand but it says that you need the full version of  
> 9.03 not the updater to get IWP to work.  Is that correct? I don't  
> have the full version of 9.03.  If I do get the updater 9.02 to work  
> then 9.03 then at the least I would like remote networking to work  
> but I would also like IWP to work.  I will reinstall the server but  
> I would like to know what is the problem because I don't want to  
> reinstall the server and find the problem is with the OS or  
> something else.
>
> I have all the OS updates to Tiger installed.  i have another hard  
> drive on the same computer with Leopard but i don't want to install  
> FMSA on Leopard since I have  a PHP MySQL server running on it and I  
> want them separated.  I suppose I could install Leopard on the Tiger  
> drive if I need to but this is turning out to be really complicated  
> for just demonstrating a file.
> Thanks,
> Janis
>
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Ginny White
Server Admin & Web Developer
Yamada Language Center, American English Institute & Wired Humanities  
Project
University of Oregon
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