Solution:When a client machine starts a network version of an Autodesk® software product that uses the FLEX lm® based version of the Autodesk® License Manager (AdLM), it first reads the environment variable ADSKFLEXLICENSEFILE to determine where to look for its network license. If the servers specified by ADSKFLEXLICENSEFILE are not available, or are out of licenses, the client reads the following subkey in the Windows® registry to determine where to look next:HKEYCURRENTUSERSoftwareFLEXlm License ManagerADSKFLEXLICENSEFILEIf no available licenses are found at the server specified in the registry subkey, or this registry subkey does not exist, the client reads the licpath.lic file located in the root install folder to determine where to find its network license. If no available licenses are found there, the License Finder dialog box is displayed.Some systems may be configured to use the LMLICENSEFILE variable to point client machines to the license server. Autodesk does not recommend using this variable to point to servers for Autodesk products.
Improved and more consistent performance will be realized by using the ADSKFLEXLICENSEFILE variable.Note: If the licpath.lic file exists, the MAC address field in the licpath.lic file must be exactly 12 hexadecimal characters.
Cracking Flexlm Licenses Search
Installing the flexlm license server on Linux Installing Flexlm License Server on LinuxJune 11, 2015Steve DiBartolomeoApplications ManagerA couple of videos that can be very helpful Step 1 - Getting the Machine's HostidOne cannot simply use the Linux operating system's hostid command to obtain the hostid. You must use the utility called lmhostid that is provided as part of the flexlm utilities. Here is an example.On my machine (ubuntu 2.6 kernel) I type:$ hostid entera8c09100using the lmhostid utility I type:$./lmutil lmhostid enterlmutil - Copyright (c) 1989-2006 Macrovision Europe Ltd.The FLEXlm host ID of this machine is '1c6f6593b8d6'Clearly these are two different values and if you request a license using the hostid a8c09100 your license server won't run using the license codes we send you.Where can you get the lmhostid utility?