Specifications

Getting Your License Server Computer’s Locking Code
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You may also be asked to provide a locking code for the computer that will run
the license server. (For even greater security, your vendor may also ask you for
locking codes for the computers that will run the protected application.)
Getting Your License Server Computer’s Locking Code
The procedure for getting a license server computer’s locking code is the same
as for a stand-alone computer (discussed above). Use the SentinelLM echoid
utility to get the computer’s locking code. Your application vendor will provide
you with instructions telling you what the locking code requirements and proce-
dures are.
Sometimes your vendor will ask that you provide two different locking codes for
a computer. This can be done to allow you to change the configuration of that
computer sometime in the future.
Your vendor may have provided a Computer ID key. This key must be installed
before you can produce a locking code.
From the operating system command prompt, type:
echoid
Write down the locking code or codes displayed by echoid. You can use echoid
on a Windows 95/98, Windows NT/2000, or UNIX computer. For details on
echoid, see “echoid - Get a Computer’s Locking Code” on page 79 of “Chapter 5
- Administrator Commands.”
Installing Network License Codes
Once you have been given a license code it must be installed where it can be
found by the license management system. For a network application, license
codes are installed on the computer on which the license server runs. Your ven-
dor may provide a program to install the license code. If not, then the lslic or rlf-