NAME

lmgrd.ste − flexible license manager daemon

SYNOPSIS

lmgrd.ste −c license_file [ −t timeout_interval ] [ −l logfile ] [ −s timestamp_interval ] [ −2 −p ] [ −v ] [ −x lmdown ] [ −x lmremove ]

DESCRIPTION

lmgrd.ste is the main daemon program for Sun’s FLEXlm distributed license management system.  When invoked, it looks for a license file that contains all the information about vendors and features. 

The lmgrd.ste daemon is started by executing the script /etc/rc2.d/S85lmgrd.  While you must be a superuser to execute this script, the script will run lmgrd.ste as owned by the default user nobody.  To change lmgrd.ste to be run by a different non-privileged user, run the adjust_flexlm_owner script before running /etc/rc2.d/S85lmgrd. 

OPTIONS

−c license_file
Use the specified license_file.

−t timeout_interval
Sets a timeout interval in seconds during which redundant daemons must complete their connections to each other. The default value is 10 seconds. A larger value might be desirable if the daemons are being run on busy systems or a very heavily loaded network.

−l logfile Writes the debug log to logfile. 

−s timestamp_interval
Specifies the logfile timestamp interval in minutes. The default is 360 minutes.

-2  -p Restricts usage of the lmdown, lmreread, and lmremove utilities to a license administrator who is by default root.  If there is a group called lmadmin, use is restricted to only members of that group. If root is not a member of this group, then root does not have permission to use lmdown, lmreread, and lmremove. 

−v Prints lmgrd.ste’s version number and copyright and exits. 

-x lmdown
Disallows the lmdown command so no user can run lmdown.  If lmdown is disabled, stop lmgrd.ste by typing a kill pid command (do not use the -9 argument to the kill command). 

-x lmremove
Disallows the lmremove command so no user can run lmremove. 

ENVIRONMENT

lmgrd.ste needs to know the path to the license file. The path can be specified with the -c license_file option or by setting the LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable. Otherwise, the default location is used. 

NOTES

Sun uses the lmgrd.ste license manager daemon, which is identical to FLEXlm’s lmgrd license manager daemon. 

SEE ALSO

lmdown(1), lmremove(1), adjust_flexlm_owner(1). 

FLEXlm V6.1  —  Last change: 21 August 1998