User guide

Chapter 7 - License Administration Tools
lmhostid
80 FLEXnet Licensing End User Guide
See Also
• “lmgrd Command-Line Syntax” for details about securing access to lmdown
• “lmreread.”
FLEXNET LICENSING VERSION NOTES
•-all option introduced in the v7.0 lmdown utility.
• -force option introduced in the v8.0
lmdown utility.
lmhostid
The lmhostid utility returns the FLEXnet Licensing hostid of the current platform. Invoked
without any arguments,
lmhostid displays the default hostid type for current platform.
Otherwise, the hostid corresponding to the requested type is displayed, if supported on the
current platform.
Usage is:
lmhostid [-n] [-type] [-utf8]
Where:
-n
Only the hostid, itself, is returned as a string, which is appropriate to use
with HOSTID= in the license file. Header text is suppressed.
-type One of the following hostid types.
If not specified, the default hostid for the current platform is displayed.
See Appendix A, “Hostids for FLEXnet Licensing-Supported Platforms,”
for a list of the default types.
Platform Dependent Hostids
-ether
Ethernet address.
-string
String id.
-vsn
Volume serial number. (Windows platforms only)
-flexid
Parallel or USB FLEXid dongle identification. This is
applicable only for those platforms that support
FLEXid dongles. See “FLEXnet Licensing Hostids” for
a complete list.
-long
32-bit hostid.