Robert's scheme would apply to any software module one wished to restrict access, to, yes?
-- bennet On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 1:31 PM, Maxime Boissonneault <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Robert, though I was speaking about NAMD, not VASP :) > > Do you enforce license validation for NAMD ? > > VASP is pretty clear-cut, but NAMD seems a bit more fuzzy. > > > Maxime > > On 17-02-20 12:18, Robert McLay wrote: > > We do the same thing by making the package in a particular group. We make > the module world readable and use the userInGroup("magic_group") function. > This function returns true if the user is root or the user is in the group > specified. > > local err_message = [[ > You do not have access to VASP.5.3.5! > > > Users have to show their licenses and be confirmed by the > VASP team that they are registered users under that license. > Scan a copy of the license and send it to [email protected] > ]] > > > if (userInGroup("namd_group")) then > local vasp_dir="/opt/apps/intel15/mvapich2_2_1/vasp/5.3.5" > setenv("TACC_VASP_DIR",vasp_dir) > setenv("TACC_VASP_BIN",pathJoin(vasp_dir,"bin")) > prepend_path("PATH",pathJoin(vasp_dir,"bin")) > else > LmodError(err_message,"\n") > end > > > I hope this helps too! > R. > > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 10:22 AM, Alvarez, Damian <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hi Maxime, >> >> At JSC we install NAMD in a directory that belongs to the namd group. >> Access to others is not allowed. To add users to that group they have to >> send us proof that they acquired a license. I believe there is also an >> arrangement to communicate with the NAMD developers which users have access >> to the software, even though I might recall wrong and that might be for >> another software. >> >> I hope that helps! >> >> Damian >> >> On 20/02/17 17:11, "Maxime Boissonneault" >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I would like to know how various sites handle NAMD licensing. The >> license seem to imply that each user has to have the license (similar >> to >> VASP). However, I could find many sites who do this check, while >> others >> don't. >> >> Do you do it at your site ? >> >> >> -- >> --------------------------------- >> Maxime Boissonneault >> Analyste de calcul - Calcul Québec, Université Laval >> Président - Comité de coordination du soutien à la recherche de Calcul >> Québec >> Team lead - Research Support National Team, Compute Canada >> Instructeur Software Carpentry >> Ph. 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