From owner-freebsd-emulation Tue Feb 24 15:13:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA01402 for freebsd-emulation-outgoing; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 15:13:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01331 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 15:12:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA16930; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 15:11:12 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802242311.PAA16930@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Brendon Meyer cc: "freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Running SCO filePro 4.x under FreeBSD 2.2.5 In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 25 Feb 1998 09:01:53 +1000." <34F35160.8FB9A05E@fmi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 15:11:11 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > What I have been trying to do is to get filePro > 4.1 SCO UNIX binaries running under FreeBSD 2.2.5 > and have run into a minor "snag" which I am not > sure is fixable or circumventable or not. > > The binaries used are SCO COFF format (result of a > "file" on them shows "80386 COFF executable"). > > What happens when we run any of the "report" or > "clerk" series of executables (both "d" and "r" > series) what happens is filePro immediately comes > up with the error: > > "Too Many Users" > > Which is the filePro error message that controls > if the application has exceeded it's license > limit. Obviously in this case, there are *no* > other users running it so what causes it? Sounds like the license mechanism is failing. How does it work? -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message