license.options(5)

NAME
     license.opt - site administrator options file for FLEXlm licensed
     applications

SYNOPSIS
     DAEMON name path path/license.opt

DESCRIPTION
     The license.opt file contains optional information supplied by the system
     administrator at the end-user site.  This information can be used to
     tailor the behavior of the license daemons.  The options file can contain
     the following information:

       reserved license information
       logfile control options
       license timeout control
       license access control

     Lines beginning with an pound sign (#) are ignored, and can be used as
     comments.  In version 4.0, the maximum length for a line is 2048
     characters with backslash '\'line continuation character supported.

     There is no default location or name for the options file; it is only
     active if it has been specified in the license.dat file as the fourth
     argument on the DAEMON line.

     Note that if there are multiple DAEMON lines in the license.dat file,
     then there can be multiple options files, one for each DAEMON line.  Not
     all of the lines in an options file refer to a feature, so the site
     administrator MUST set up separate options files in order to use the
     NOLOG feature.

     Each line in the options file starts with a keyword which identifies the
     information on that line.  The keyword is one of EXCLUDE, EXCLUDEALL,
     GROUP, INCLUDE, INCLUDEALL, NOLOG, RESERVE, or TIMEOUT.

     The RESERVE line is of the form

       RESERVE numlic feature {USER|HOST|DISPLAY|GROUP} name

     The RESERVE command reserves the specified number of licenses for the
     specified user, host, display, or group.  Note that reserving a license
     decreases the number of generally available licenses.

     The NOLOG line is of the form

       NOLOG {IN|OUT|DENIED|QUEUED}

     NOLOG causes messages of the specified type to be filtered out of the
     daemon's log file.  Specifying a NOLOG option will reduce the amount of
     output to the log file, which can be useful in those cases where the log
     file grows too quickly.
     The GROUP line is of the form

       GROUP group-name member-list

     The GROUP command is used to define collections of users, which can then
     be used in RESERVE, INCLUDE, or EXCLUDE commands.

     The INCLUDE and EXCLUDE commands are of the form

       {INCLUDE|EXCLUDE} feature {USER|HOST|DISPLAY|GROUP|INTERNET} name

     INCLUDE and EXCLUDE are used to specify which users (or hosts, displays,
     groups, or internet addresses) are allowed to use a particular feature.
     Any user who is EXCLUDEd from a feature will not be able to use that
     feature.  Specifying an INCLUDE line has the effect of excluding everyone
     else from that feature; thus, only those users specifically INCLUDEd will
     be able to use that feature.

     The INCLUDEALL and EXCLUDEALL commands are of the form

       {INCLUDEALL|EXCLUDEALL} {USER|HOST|DISPLAY|GROUP|INTERNET} name

     INCLUDEALL and EXCLUDEALL are used to specify which users (or hosts,
     displays, groups, or internet addresses) are allowed to use ANY features
     that this daemon supports.  Any user who is EXCLUDEd will not be able to
     use any of this daemon's features.  Specifying an INCLUDE line has the
     effect of excluding everyone else from all features; thus, only those
     users specifically INCLUDEd will be able to use the daemon's features.

     The INTERNET address is specified in the standard IP address notation,
     and parts of the address can be wild-carded with a "*", eg:

           192.9.200.1
         or
           192.9.200.*

     For example, the following line would allow only users from the 192.9.200
     network to use the features of this daemon:

           INCLUDEALL INTERNET 192.9.200.*

     Any users from machines on another network would not have access to these
     features.  NOTE: INCLUEALL, EXCLUDEALL, and INTERNET are only available
     in FLEXlm v2.4 or later.

     The TIMEOUT line is of the form

       TIMEOUT feature idletime

     The TIMEOUT command is used to set up a minimum idle time after which a
     user will lose his license if he is not using it.  This allows the site
     administrator to prevent users from wasting a license (by keeping it
     checked out when they are not using it) when someone else wants a
     license.

EXAMPLE
     Here is an example of an options file.

       RESERVE compile USER pat
       RESERVE compile USER less
       RESERVE compile HOST terry
       NOLOG QUEUED

FILES
     /usr/local/flexlm/options/license.opt

SEE ALSO
     lmgrd(1), license.dat(5)