SCO licensing question...

[John Esak]

>> I
>> find out the proper license code to go with a license number I know is
>> correct?  Am I just out of luck for this license number?
>>
>> On Monday, I will call SCO... just wondering if there is any mechanism on
>> the web to show me my licenses and codes. Pretty good stretch, huh?
>
> grep "^IQM_SERIAL_NUMBER" /var/adm/ISL/iqm_file
> grep "^IQM_ACTIVATION_KEY" /var/adm/ISL/iqm_file

[snip]

> Oh right, you probably don't see mail from me. Oh well. :)

> Brian K. White  --  brian at aljex.com  --  http://www.aljex.com/bkw/

Thank you for forwarding this to me, but no thanks. I have Brian squelched
permanently, and it will stay that way forever.  His suggestion above would
have been the first thing I would have done (seeing as how I learned about
this file about 6 years ago at a Kernel Internals course I took at Santa
Cruz.)  My question as loosely stated as it was, missed the real point. I
was not asking about how to find the license info on my machine... but if
there was a web service from SCO that would show me all my licenses and info
on-line... much the way FP Tech shows you the licenses you own. I stated it
explicitly as moving a machine license from here to there, however, I am
really moving a license that I have in a text file to a new machine. The
machine it used to be on is already decommissioned.

But, I should thank you for forwarding me Brian's message. I know you were
just trying to help me.  However, in future, please don't.   I have him
/dev/nulled for good reasons. He is one of only two people I have ever found
it necessary to squelch, and the other left the list a couple years ago. I
appreciate your trying to help me, but Jim Asman had already told me that
Brian had responded... and as I told Jim. "I couldn't care less. I'd rather
wait until Monday." :-) I'm replying to you publicly (and keeping your name
hidden) so no one else will try and "help" me by sending me any more of his
stuff. Since eliminating Brian, it has been blissfully quiet and friendly in
the room, even with the latest hot and passionate debates. I look forward to
reading the threads here... now without seeing any of his always obnoxious,
usually inappropriate, usually off-the-mark, often inaccurate or just plain
wrong  messages.

John

P.S. - When I say blissfully quiet and friendly, it's not like I missed the
nasty and obnoxious stuff that came out of the usual few in the past few
weeks... it's just that I can filter all that sh*t as always in the same way
we all have to do. Thankfully, most the people who want to continue with the
flames, ego-trips and people bashing don't frequent the place too much any
more. Thank God. :-)
know that it is *people* making these decisions, and not "filePro".