- #Flexlm license.dat file install
- #Flexlm license.dat file software
- #Flexlm license.dat file password
- #Flexlm license.dat file license
#Flexlm license.dat file license
Locate where the FLEXlm license management daemon is started.įor SoftWindows 95 this is in /etc/inittab.įind the command line containing ` lmgrd'. If you use the environment variable LM_LICENSE_FILE, this should be changed, for example, to. In the above example the port number is 6744. The port is specified in the license data file, in the fourth field along the SERVER line. The port number chosen may be arbitrary, but the port must not clash with that used by other applications. The license management daemons must use a non-privileged TCP port (that is, greater than 1024) for communication. For SoftWindows the default is $SWINHOME/FLEXlm/license.dat.
#Flexlm license.dat file password
Password set to `*', as interactive access is not required.Ī unique userid (2000 in the example above).Ī unique groupid (250 in the example above). In this case, SoftWindows reads the SERVER line in the license file for the name of the license server to which the TCP port should be connected.
For example, if you have a license server called licserv, and it contains a license file in a FLEXlm directory, which is NFS mounted under /servers/licserv, then LM_LICENSE_FILE could be set to /servers/licserv/FLEXlm/license.dat. Or for a Bourne or Korn shell: export LM_LICENSE_FILEĪlternatively, the variable LM_LICENSE_FILE can be set to reference the license file on the license server. Thus, to use the above license server, LM_LICENSE_FILE should be defined as follows for a C shell: setenv LM_LICENSE_FILE To do this, each user must set the LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable, which takes the form port server. The TCP number is important, because if the system in the above example is a license server, FLEXlm uses this number to locate the server for users on other systems. This number can be changed but 744 is the default.
#Flexlm license.dat file software
For example, in the line: SERVER waltz 35648797 744ħ44 is the TCP port number which the software has assigned to FLEXlm.
#Flexlm license.dat file install
If you are already using FLEXlm, you should install the demo license on your existing license server.įLEXlm runs over TCP and uses the socket assigned in the license.dat file on the server. If you are installing a demo license, no license server is needed. It can also be displayed by choosing Licensing from the Actions menu when SoftWindows is run as root. The license.dat file is generated by the License Manager dialog box, which is displayed automatically when SoftWindows is run as root with no license server running. The SERVER and DAEMON lines are added to the license.dat file by the License Manager dialog box and may be modified later by the administrator. Note that this is one line that may wrap onto two lines when displayed, as shown in the example. The FEATURE line specifies the licensing information for SoftWindows. The DAEMON line specifies the pathname of the insignia licensing daemon. The SERVER line specifies the location of the server.
HOSTID=690c1e3a ISSUER="Silicon Graphics, Inc." By default, this file is located in the directory, $SWINHOME/FLEXlm, where $SWINHOME is the SoftWindows installation directory.Ī typical license.dat file looks like the following example: SERVER sylph 690c1e3a 744ĭAEMON insignia /usr/lib/SoftWindows/FLEXlmįEATURE Insignia_SoftWindows95 insignia 1.0 01-jan-00 0ĢC81B6AC6D7364E8A70B VENDOR_STRING="5000 1234 5678 0000" The licensing daemon accesses a license data file, license.dat, which contains information about the license server and the licensed products. The license server runs a licensing daemon, lmgrd, which invokes a specific daemon for SoftWindows, called insignia. The FLEXlm nodelock system is widely used by a number of different software manufacturers, and one license server is sufficient to control any number of software products on the network. This workstation is known as the license server.
SoftWindows uses a licensing system called FLEXlm nodelock, which lets you administer the licenses for all users on a network from a single workstation.