Re: how to use server license?
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg8738] Re: how to use server license?
- From: "P.J. Hinton" <paulh>
- Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 22:28:05 -0400
- Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hsu, Chang Cheng wrote: > Hi, when i start mathematica, it keeps asking me for a local machine > license, eventhough there is a license server in the mathpass file. how > do i get it to use the license on the license server? I'm not sure I fully understand the description of your problem. First of all, usage of Mathematica on a "network" configuration depends on the platform you are using. Is this for a Unix, NeXT, Macintosh, or Windows? What version of Mathematica are you trying to use? If you are using a Unix version, have you made sure that you have followed the network installation and setup instructions as spelled out in the _Mathematica Installation Guide for Unix Systems_ (version 2.2) or _Mathematica System Administrator's Guide_ (version 3.0)? be trying to use a Unix version of Mathematica 3.0. If that is the case, then a prompt for a single machine password could mean a few of things -- 1) The person who maintains the Mathematica installation (and has root access) has not started the license manager (mathlm). 2) The copy of Mathematica being loaded into the client machine cannot access the mathpass file (either because of a lack of read permission or because the file is not visible via NFS). The format of the mathpass file may be incorrect as well. 3) In the process of loading, the kernel or front end has tried to query mathlm to see if a process available and there has been some sort of timeout. The diagnosis and solutions to the respective problems are: 1) Log into the license server host and get a process listing to see if there is a mathlm process running. If no, then get the system administrator to start mathlm. This is spelled out in the _Mathematica System Administrator's Guide_. 2) From a shell on the client machine, change your working directory to the top level Mathematica directory (default location is /usr/local/mathematica, but several institutions have their own system organizing installation locations of software, so it might not be there. From this directory, issue the following command ls -l Configuration/Licensing/mathpass verify that the file is world readable. The contents of the file should look like !hostname MathID License Number Password The exclamation point *must* appear in front of the hostname for the password to be processed properly. The MathID is a machine specific serial number. The hostname is that of the license server. The license number is of the for LXXXX-XXXX. The password is a multi-digit number terminated with the letters "CB". The entries should at least be delimited by tabs. An optional fifth and sixth field can contain the organazation and name of the licensee. 3) If (1) and (2) have been ruled out, one can use the -lmverbose command line switch with either mathematica or math to print diagnostic information about communication with the license server to stderr. If you see information that seems to indicate a timeout our an inability to connect to the server, forward this information to your support contact and have him or her contact Wolfram Research's technical support for additional guidance. -- P.J. Hinton Mathematica Programming Group paulh at wolfram.com Wolfram Research, Inc. http://www.wolfram.com/~paulh/