From: Chris Sandridge (c.a.sandridge++at++nasa.gov)
Date: 02/12/2005 05:40:35
As long as you are not changing the hardware, the license will still
work. The hostid is (IIRC) based on the MAC address of the primary
ethernet port.
Chris
At , you wrote:
> From: Thomas =?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=F8lhave?= <thoooms++at++bananus.dk>
> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:56:08 +0100
> Subject: [info-performer] Licence issues after reinstallation (lmhostid)
>
>Hia
>
>We are planning on upgrading our GNU/Linux based cluster from Fedora
>Core 1 to Fedora Core 3 with a complete reinstallation of all software.
>But I just wondered what will happen to our Performer licenses
>(Performer 3.1). As I understand it the licenses are based on the host
>id as reported by the lmhostid utility.
>
>What I wanna know is if the license.dat file on a machine will work out
>of the box after an installation of Fedora Core 3 on the same machine
>(and a reinstallation of Performer). If the license is based solely on
>the lmhostid value it boils down to whether I can trust the lmhostid to
>stay constant across reinstallations of the OS.
>
>Thank you for your time.
>
>\Thomas Mølhave
>
>
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Chris A. Sandridge
Immersive Design and Simulation Lab
Analytical and Computational Methods Branch
M.S. 240, NASA Langley Research Center
3 Langley Blvd., B1229, Rm. 237
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