Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 12:15:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Minor linux_emul update Message-ID: <199706031617.MAA05393@gatekeeper.itribe.net> In-Reply-To: <199706031509.JAA26701@rocky.mt.sri.com>
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On Tue, 3 Jun 1997, Nate Williams wrote: > > > Uhh, no, at the moment that's left as an exercise for the pirate. 8) > > > > Why pirate? Somehow, you must generate the number, one way or the > > other. You know it... I've got no ethernet at all, so what's the > > returned number? > > "", which means you must use a different licensing scheme on your box. > > > I replace my first ethernet card by a totally > > different number, am i required to change my license? > > Yes. > > (And, unfortunately, I am being serious, at least in the eyes of the > folks who use FlexLM for software licensing.) > > > Nate > Unless HOSTID is implemented. Back when I was admining SunOS/Solaris boxes, FlexLM was using hostid's for verifacation. And of course, Sun being Sun, you can change a hostid on a system as easily as you can change MAC addresses on a Sun box :) Jamie Bowden System Administrator, iTRiBE.net
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