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"unique id useful for licensing" => Linux "/sbin/ifconfig eth0" Really?
by gayprogrammer 12y ago
"unique id useful for licensing" => Linux "/sbin/ifconfig eth0"
Really?
- jamessb 12y agoThis sort of thing can lead to ridiculous problems. MATLAB R2013b on Mac OS tried to do something similar. However, it sometimes decided that my hostid was the MAC address of my Ethernet interface, and sometimes my wireless interface (in which case it would reject the license). In the end I resorted to obtaining two license files and manually switching them when necessary.
- jschwartzi 12y agoTI licenses some of their products based on your MAC address. In the past I've had problems getting their products to accept licenses unless I had an eth0 interface on my Linux system. As in, I had to rename my eth1 interface to eth0 to get it to work at all.