How can I have the license server daemon (lmgrd) start automatically when the machine is rebooted?
An example of starting the license server daemon (lmgrd) automatically is provided in the License Administration Guide, available from Acresso at: http://www.globes.com/support/utilities/LicenseAdministration.pdf Their example uses the su command to change to another user, so that lmgrd is not running as root. The lmgrd log files and lock files are written by the user who starts lmgrd, and some of these files may be written to the $SCHRODINGER directory. Even when specifying an alternate log file (by using the -l switch with the license server startup command): $SCHRODINGER/licadmin SERVERUP -l path-to-logfilelmgrd.log a default log file named lmgrd.log is still created in the $SCHRODINGER directory. This means that the $SCHRODINGER directory must be writable by the user who starts lmgrd. It may also be necessary to remove, rename or change permissions on the log and lock files that were created if lmgrd was initially started as root, since these root-owned files will probably not be w
