license.options(5)license.options(5)NAMElicense.opt - site administrator options file for FLEXlm licensed
applications
SYNOPSIS
DAEMON name path path/license.opt
DESCRIPTION
The license.opt file contains optional information supplied by the system
administrator at the end-user site. This information can be used to
tailor the behavior of the license daemons. The options file can contain
the following information:
reserved license information
logfile control options
license timeout control
license access control
Lines beginning with an pound sign (#) are ignored, and can be used as
comments. In version 4.0, the maximum length for a line is 2048
characters with backslash '\'line continuation character supported.
There is no default location or name for the options file; it is only
active if it has been specified in the license.dat file as the fourth
argument on the DAEMON line.
Note that if there are multiple DAEMON lines in the license.dat file,
then there can be multiple options files, one for each DAEMON line. Not
all of the lines in an options file refer to a feature, so the site
administrator MUST set up separate options files in order to use the
NOLOG feature.
Each line in the options file starts with a keyword which identifies the
information on that line. The keyword is one of EXCLUDE, EXCLUDEALL,
GROUP, INCLUDE, INCLUDEALL, NOLOG, RESERVE, or TIMEOUT.
The RESERVE line is of the form
RESERVE numlic feature {USER|HOST|DISPLAY|GROUP} name
The RESERVE command reserves the specified number of licenses for the
specified user, host, display, or group. Note that reserving a license
decreases the number of generally available licenses.
The NOLOG line is of the form
NOLOG {IN|OUT|DENIED|QUEUED}
NOLOG causes messages of the specified type to be filtered out of the
daemon's log file. Specifying a NOLOG option will reduce the amount of
output to the log file, which can be useful in those cases where the log
file grows too quickly.
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The GROUP line is of the form
GROUP group-name member-list
The GROUP command is used to define collections of users, which can then
be used in RESERVE, INCLUDE, or EXCLUDE commands.
The INCLUDE and EXCLUDE commands are of the form
{INCLUDE|EXCLUDE} feature {USER|HOST|DISPLAY|GROUP|INTERNET} name
INCLUDE and EXCLUDE are used to specify which users (or hosts, displays,
groups, or internet addresses) are allowed to use a particular feature.
Any user who is EXCLUDEd from a feature will not be able to use that
feature. Specifying an INCLUDE line has the effect of excluding everyone
else from that feature; thus, only those users specifically INCLUDEd will
be able to use that feature.
The INCLUDEALL and EXCLUDEALL commands are of the form
{INCLUDEALL|EXCLUDEALL} {USER|HOST|DISPLAY|GROUP|INTERNET} name
INCLUDEALL and EXCLUDEALL are used to specify which users (or hosts,
displays, groups, or internet addresses) are allowed to use ANY features
that this daemon supports. Any user who is EXCLUDEd will not be able to
use any of this daemon's features. Specifying an INCLUDE line has the
effect of excluding everyone else from all features; thus, only those
users specifically INCLUDEd will be able to use the daemon's features.
The INTERNET address is specified in the standard IP address notation,
and parts of the address can be wild-carded with a "*", eg:
192.9.200.1
or
192.9.200.*
For example, the following line would allow only users from the 192.9.200
network to use the features of this daemon:
INCLUDEALL INTERNET 192.9.200.*
Any users from machines on another network would not have access to these
features. NOTE: INCLUEALL, EXCLUDEALL, and INTERNET are only available
in FLEXlm v2.4 or later.
The TIMEOUT line is of the form
TIMEOUT feature idletime
The TIMEOUT command is used to set up a minimum idle time after which a
user will lose his license if he is not using it. This allows the site
administrator to prevent users from wasting a license (by keeping it
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checked out when they are not using it) when someone else wants a
license.
EXAMPLE
Here is an example of an options file.
RESERVE compile USER pat
RESERVE compile USER less
RESERVE compile HOST terry
NOLOG QUEUED
FILES
/usr/local/flexlm/options/license.opt
SEE ALSOlmgrd(1), license.dat(5)
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