The license.opt file is an optional file that is created by your license manager administrator. It contains information used to tailor the behavior of the license daemons.
The file allows you to:
Allow the use of FEATUREs based on user, hostname, display name, or IP address
Deny the use of FEATUREs based on user, hostname, display name, or IP address
Reserve FEATURE licenses based on user, hostname, display name, or IP address
Control the amount of information logged about licenses
This file allows you, the license administrator, to be as secure as you like. See the FLEXlm End User™s Manual at www.globetrotter.com for information on the format of the options file.
Lines in the options file are limited to 2048 characters. The '\' character can be used as a continuation character in options file lines.
You can include comments in your options file by starting each comment line with a pound sign '#'. Everything in an options file is case sensitive. Be sure that user names and feature names, for example, are entered correctly.
Store this file at this location for UNIX:
$ARCHOME/sysgen/license.opt
$SDEHOME/sysgen/license.opt
and this location for Windows NT:
<SystemDrive>:\Program Files\ESRI\License\<feature>.opt
where <SystemDrive> is the disk containing the operating system and <feature> is a licensed ArcInfo feature.
Supported functions for the license.opt file
EXCLUDE - deny a user access to a feature.
EXCLUDEALL - deny a user access to all features served by this vendor daemon.
GROUP - define a group of users for use with any options.
HOST_GROUP - define a group of hosts for use with any
options.
INCLUDE - allow a user to use a feature.
INCLUDEALL - allow a user to use all features served by this vendor daemon.
LINGER - cause licenses to be held by the vendor daemon for a period after the application checks them in or exits.
MAX - limit usage for a particular feature/group - prioritizes usage among users.
MAX_OVERDRAFT - limit overdraft usage to less than the amount specified in the license.
NOLOG - turn off logging of certain items.
REPORTLOG - specify that a logfile be written suitable for use by the FLEXadmin End-User Administration Tool.
RESERVE - reserve licenses for a user.
Note: ESRI does not implement the TIMEOUT or TIMEOUTALL options.