User Limit

[GCC Consulting]

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> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+gccconsulting=comcast.net at lists.c
> elestial.com] On Behalf Of Barry Wiseman
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 2:22 PM
> To: Filepro List
> Subject: Re: User Limit
> 
> Steven Waters wrote:
> > Barry said,
> > 
> > There should be a 'licinfo' program in your fp directory.  
> What does 
> > it report?
> > 
> > 
> > ------------here it is -------------------
> > 
> > PRODUCTS
> >         Name: FPXFER
> >         Version: 5.0.15
> >         Usercount: 1
> >         Grace Period: not specified
> >         No License Checks
> >         No Licensed Features
> > 
> >         Name: FULLDEV
> >         Version: 5.6.
> >         Usercount: 5
> >         Grace Period: not specified
> >         No License Checks
> >         No Licensed Features
> > 
> >         Name: FULLRUN
> >         Version: 5.6.
> >         Usercount: 35
> >         Grace Period: not specified
> >         No License Checks
> >         No Licensed Features
> > 
> 
> So it looks like the license server has correct information 
> but is not communicating it successfully to *clerk, *report etc.
> 
> I have only one site running with a licensed version (linux 
> 5.0.15), and based on my painful adventure with that two 
> months ago, I hope to avoid deploying any more.  Your best 
> source of info on this is probably fptech support.  After my 
> license service went south following a power outage, it took 
> them two or three tries in September to get the license 
> cranking again successfully -- over the space of several 
> hours, while the client was totally down :-(  This licensing 
> stuff is clearly Not Ready for Prime Time.
> 

My guess is that the license manager PFLMHOST service was not running or had
crashed.  When you rebooted, the service started again.  Otherwise you would
still be receiving runtime errors which you said you are not now getting.

Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting