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Appendix B - License File Format
License File Syntax
108 FLEXnet Licensing End User Guide
See Also
• Chapter 5, “The Options File,” for further information regarding options file contents.
FLEXNET LICENSING VERSION NOTES
• vendor_daemon_path required in pre-v6.0 vendor daemon.
• options_file_path required in pre-v6.0 vendor daemon.
• VENDOR lines are known as DAEMON lines in the pre-v6.0
lmgrd and vendor daemon.
v6.0+:
VENDOR sampled
pre-v6.0:
DAEMON sampled /etc/sampled \
/etc/sampled/licenses/sampled.opt
•The options= keyword introduced in the v5.0 vendor daemon.
USE_SERVER Line
USE_SERVER takes no arguments and has no impact on the server. When the application sees
USE_SERVER, it ignores everything in the license file except preceding SERVER lines and
transfers checkout validation to the vendor daemon.
USE_SERVER is recommended since it improves performance when a license server is used.
For uncounted features, USE_SERVER is used to force logging of usage by the daemons.
options_file_
path
Full path to the end-user options file for this daemon. FLEXnet
Licensing does not require an options file.
If omitted, the vendor daemon, by default, looks for a file called
vendor.opt (where vendor is the vendor daemon name)
located in the same directory as the license file.
port Vendor daemon TCP/IP port number.
The default, if
port is not specified, is chosen by the operating
system at run-time. Sites with Internet firewalls need to specify
the TCP/IP port number the daemon uses. If a TCP/IP port
number is specified on the VENDOR line, there may be a delay
restarting the vendor daemon.
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