Starting the License Manager Daemon

Starting lmgrd with license.dat in the default directory

After setting up the license.dat file, you must start the License Manager (lmgrd) daemon. If you put the license.dat file in directory /usr/local/flexlm/licenses, enter the following to start the license manager daemon:

% {BX}/bin/lmgrd > {your log file directory}/{your log file} &

Starting lmgrd with license.dat in a directory other than default

If you decide to put the license.dat file somewhere other than in directory /usr/local/flexlm/licenses, or if you change the name of the license file, you must set the LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable or use the -c option. To start lmgrd with the -c option type the following all on one line:

{BX}/bin/lmgrd -c
{license_file_path}/{license_file_name}
> {your_log_file_directory}/{your_log_file} &

Overriding the default name and directory

To override /usr/local/flexlm/licenses/license.dat as the location or the name of the license file, use the environment variable LM_LICENSE_FILE. For example:

setenv LM_LICENSE_FILE <license_file_path>

where <license_file_path> is the full pathname to the license file, including the name of the license file.

Multiple license files

If you have multiple license files in various locations, you can list each of them in the LM_LICENSE_FILE variable:

setenv LM_LICENSE_FILE <path_one>:<path_two>:...

Typically, lmgrd is started automatically at system boot time by adding the command to /etc/rc.boot, /etc/rc.local, or the appropriate startup file.