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Chapter 5 - The Options File
Options File Syntax
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3. Add the path to the options file in the license file as the fourth field on the VENDOR line
for the application’s vendor daemon. For example:
VENDOR sampled /etc/sampled \
[options=]/sample_app/sampled/licenses/sampled.opt
enables the sampled vendor daemon to look at the specified options file.
If the path is omitted, the vendor daemon automatically looks for a file according to the
following criteria:
• the name of the file is
vendor.opt, where vendor is the vendor daemon name
• it is placed it in the same directory as the license used by
lmgrd, it is automatically used
at server startup
FLEXNET LICENSING VERSION NOTES
• The default options file name, vendor.opt, introduced in v6 vendor daemon.
Options File Syntax
Below is an overview of the options file syntax. See “Options File Examples” for examples and
additional information.
Each line of the file controls one option. Table 5-1 lists the option keywords.
Table 5-1: Option Keywords
Option Keyword Description
BORROW_LOWWATER
Set the number of BORROW licenses that cannot be
borrowed.
DEBUGLOG
Writes debug log information for this vendor daemon to the
specified file (v8.0+ vendor daemon).
EXCLUDE
Deny a user access to a feature.
EXCLUDE_BORROW
Deny a user the ability to borrow BORROW licenses.
EXCLUDEALL
Deny a user access to all features served by this vendor
daemon.
FQDN_MATCHING
Sets the level of host name matching.
GROUP
Define a group of users for use with any options.