sp00n, Flex does not need to run as root: Somewhere on their webpage they have some scripts, I crafted some myself, and didn't see a need to run a license manager as root. In the following script note the use of 'su daemon -c' and relocating the log file to somewhere more sensible. (-l blah) roel Here is the script: #!/bin/sh # # quircky script to start license gumbo case "$1" in 'start') if [ -x /tools/licenses/bin/lmgrd ] ; then su daemon -c "umask 022; /tools/licenses/bin/lmgrd -c /tools/licenses/keys/license.dat -l /tools/licenses/logs/flexlm.log" & echo "Starting FLEXlm license service." fi ;; 'stop') if [ -x /tools/licenses/bin/lmutil ] ; then echo "y" | /tools/licenses/bin/lmutil lmdown -c /tools/licenses/keys/license.dat -l /tools/licenses/logs/flexlm.log & echo "Stopped FLEXlm license service." fi ;; 'restart') if [ -x /tools/licenses/bin/lmutil ] ; then echo "y" | /tools/licenses/bin/lmutil lmreread -c /tools/licenses/keys/license.dat -l /tools/licenses/logs/flexlm.log & echo "Restarted FLEXlm license service." fi ;; 'status') if [ -x /tools/licenses/bin/lmutil ] ; then /tools/licenses/bin/lmutil lmstat -c /tools/licenses/keys/license.dat echo "Status displayed." fi ;; 'hostid') if [ -x /tools/licenses/bin/lmutil ] ; then /tools/licenses/bin/lmutil hostid -c /tools/licenses/keys/license.dat echo "Hostid returned." fi ;; *) echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/flexlm { start | stop | status | hostid }" ;; esac
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