Filemaker Server 5.5 auto startup on OS X

A script is needed for Filemaker Server 5.5 auto startup. Although this link gets you there, it starts up FM Server with root as the user so that FM Server config can’t access FM Server:

FM Server 5.5 startup script

To remedy this situation, in the FMPServer file, replace the code with this:

#!/bin/sh

. /etc/rc.common

##
# Start up FileMaker Pro Server
##

# path to FileMaker Server 5.5
FMS_PATH=”/FileMaker Server 5.5/FileMaker Server Config.app/Contents/Resources”
FMS_SERVER=”${FMS_PATH}/fmserverd”
# admin username
FMS_USER=”username”

StartService ()
{
if [ “${FMPSERVER:=-NO-}” = “-YES-” ]; then
ConsoleMessage “Starting FileMaker Server”
sudo -u ${FMS_USER} “${FMS_SERVER}” start -c “${FMS_PATH}”/fmserver.conf
fi
}

StopService ()
{
ConsoleMessage “Stopping FileMaker Server”
sudo -u ${FMS_USER} “${FMS_SERVER}” pause
sudo -u ${FMS_USER} “${FMS_SERVER}” close
sudo -u ${FMS_USER} “${FMS_SERVER}” stop
}

RestartService()
{

StopService
StartService
}

RunService “$1″