sp00n,
Flex does not need to run as root:
Somewhere on their webpage they have some scripts, I crafted some myself, and
didn't see a need to run a license manager as root.
In the following script note the use of 'su daemon -c' and relocating the
log file to somewhere more sensible. (-l blah)
roel
Here is the script:
#!/bin/sh
#
# quircky script to start license gumbo
case "$1" in
'start')
if [ -x /tools/licenses/bin/lmgrd ] ; then
su daemon -c "umask 022; /tools/licenses/bin/lmgrd -c
/tools/licenses/keys/license.dat -l /tools/licenses/logs/flexlm.log" &
echo "Starting FLEXlm license service."
fi
;;
'stop')
if [ -x /tools/licenses/bin/lmutil ] ; then
echo "y" | /tools/licenses/bin/lmutil lmdown -c
/tools/licenses/keys/license.dat -l /tools/licenses/logs/flexlm.log &
echo "Stopped FLEXlm license service."
fi
;;
'restart')
if [ -x /tools/licenses/bin/lmutil ] ; then
echo "y" | /tools/licenses/bin/lmutil lmreread -c
/tools/licenses/keys/license.dat -l /tools/licenses/logs/flexlm.log &
echo "Restarted FLEXlm license service."
fi
;;
'status')
if [ -x /tools/licenses/bin/lmutil ] ; then
/tools/licenses/bin/lmutil lmstat -c /tools/licenses/keys/license.dat
echo "Status displayed."
fi
;;
'hostid')
if [ -x /tools/licenses/bin/lmutil ] ; then
/tools/licenses/bin/lmutil hostid -c /tools/licenses/keys/license.dat
echo "Hostid returned."
fi
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/flexlm { start | stop | status | hostid }"
;;
esac
