Starting the License Manager

Either start the license manager manually or let it run automatically at startup.

starting the license manager manually

To start the license manager manually:

1	Launch the Terminal application.

2	Change directory to the license/maci64 directory:

cd /Applications/COMSOL52a/Multiphysics/license/maci64

3	Then enter

./lmgrd -c ../license.dat -l /var/tmp/comsol52a.log

The server is now ready to distribute licenses over the network. It writes any debug information to the log file /var/tmp/comsol52a.log.

starting the license manager automatically at startup

By following these steps, the license manager does not need to be started manually:

1	Copy the template file com.comsol.lmcomsol.plist to /Library/LaunchDaemons. An example:

sudo cp /Applications/COMSOL52a/Multiphysics/license/maci64/com.comsol.lmcomsol.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons/

Typically, the template file must be edited: the lmgrd and license.dat paths should be updated, and a user different from root specified for running the service.

2	Open the file /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.comsol.lmcomsol.plist in a text editor, for example, TextEdit, and make the necessary edits.

3	Set the correct permissions for the file:

sudo chmod 600 /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.comsol.lmcomsol.plist

4	Enable and start the daemon. An example:

sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.comsol.lmcomsol.plist

The following commands provide an example of an uninstallation of the daemon:

sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.comsol.lmcomsol.plist

sudo launchctl remove /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.comsol.lmcomsol.plist

sudo rm -rf /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.comsol.lmcomsol.plist

rm /var/tmp/comsol52a.log