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7 Create a property list file named StartupParameters.plist and add it to the
directory by entering the following in Terminal:
{
Description=”Autodesk Network License Manager”;
Provides=(“adsknlm”)OrderPreference =”None”;
Messages={start=
“Starting Autodesk Network Manager Service”;
stop=
“Stopping Autodesk Network Manager Service”;
};}{
8 Move the startup item directory to /Library/StartupItems/ and modify your
directory permission by entering the following in Terminal:
NOTE For security reasons your startup item directory should be owned by
root, the group should be set to wheel, and the permission for the directory
should be 755.
sudo mv /Users/<user id>/adsknlm/
/Library/StartupItems/
sudo chown root /Library/StartupItems/adsknlm/
sudo chgrp wheel /Library/StartupItems/adsknlm/
sudo chmod 755 /Library/StartupItems/adsknlm/
sudo chown root /Library/StartupItems/adsknlm/*
sudo chgrp wheel /Library/StartupItems/adsknlm/*
9 Your resulting directory should look like this:
drwxr-xr-x
4 root wheel 136 Jul 31 01 01:50drwxr-xr-x
3 root wheel 102 Jul 30 01 21:59-rw-r--r--
1 root wheel 204 Jul 30 20:16
StartupParameters.plist-rwxr-xr-x
1 root wheel 417 Jul 31 00:45 adsknlm
10 Reboot your Mac and verify in the debug.log file (/Users/<user id>/NLG/)
that the lmgrd and adskflex start up successfully.
NOTE Before performing any system maintenance on your license server, see Stop
and Restart the License Server
(page 91).
Before configuring your license server for Linux, ensure that the following
steps have been completed:
■ You have installed the Autodesk Network License Manager, which contains
the following files: lmgrd, adskflex, and lmutil.
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