How do I reset the license server port

[Boaz Bezborodko]

Kenneth Brody wrote:
> Quoting Boaz Bezborodko (Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:07:27 -0400):
>
>> I am running FP on Windows machines off a Samba server.  The License
>> manager is also running on the server.  Occasionally I have a problem
>> where the license manager doesn't seem to be responding properly.  When
>> I execute 'p' the screen goes blank and just stays there.
>>
>> To solve this I find that I have to stop the license manager, but I have
>> to wait a period of time before the port again becomes available for the
>> license manager to start up.  If I start it too early then the it
>> doesn't start up and the log reads "FATAL  Server Port already in use."
>> If I run a 'netstat' on the server it shows that the port isn't in use,
>> but the license still manager won't start.  After a period of around 2-5
>> minutes starting the server does work and then there are no problems.
>>
>> Is there a way to force the the port available any faster?
>
> How are you stopping the license manager?  On Windows, I can stop and
> restart it as fast as I can click the "stop" and "start" buttons.
>
Since this is running on the Samba (Linux) server I execute the 
'stopfplmserver' and the 'startfplmserver'.
The first looks like this:

echo "Press ENTER to stop fplmserver"
read akey
kill `cat lib/licfp.pid` > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
echo ""
echo "Server Stopped"


The second looks like this:

echo "Press ENTER to restart fplmserver"
read akey
nohup ./fplmserver&
echo ""
echo "Server Started"
echo "Press ENTER"

Boaz