The SERVER line specifies the location of the server. By default, this file is located in the directory, $SWINHOME/FLEXlm, where $SWINHOME is the SoftWindows installation directory.Ī typical license.dat file looks like the following example:ĭAEMON insignia /usr/lib/SoftWindows/FLEXlmįEATURE Insignia_SoftWindows95 insignia 1.0 01-jan-00 0 2C81B6AC6D7364E8A70B VENDOR_STRING='5000 1234 5678 0000' HOSTID=690c1e3a ISSUER='Silicon Graphics, Inc.' The licensing daemon accesses a license data file, license.dat, which contains information about the license server and the licensed products. The license server runs a licensing daemon, lmgrd, which invokes a specific daemon for SoftWindows, called insignia. The FLEXlm nodelock system is widely used by a number of different software manufacturers, and one license server is sufficient to control any number of software products on the network. This workstation is known as the license server. SoftWindows uses a licensing system called FLEXlm nodelock, which lets you administer the licenses for all users on a network from a single workstation.