To set up the license server on a Linux® or a UNIX® system, retrieve the Rational® license_setup script and licensing executables from the IBM Rational Download and Licensing Center. Registration is required.
It is not necessary to run the license server as root. If you do run the server as root, you will receive a message indicating a possible security risk. Attempts could be made to access the lmgrd process through its TCP/IP port and run other programs with root permissions. If you install the license server to the directory /opt/rational and the directory is owned by root, run the license_setup as root. For a non-root user, you can create the directory /opt/rational as root, change the directory ownership to a non-root user and run license_setup as the non_root user.
License_setup creates the lmgrd start script start_lmgrd_on_HOST. To change the user who runs the license server, modify the lmgrd start script located by default in the directory /opt/rational/config. Update the line LICENSE_USER=user where user is the ID used to start the license server.
The lmgrd start script may be located in the system start directory with the file name S98Rational. If the file S98Rational exists, modify the LICENSE_USER line in this file. If the file S98Rational does not exist in the system start directory, you can copy the file start_lmgrd_on_HOST to the directory and rename it to S98Rational. This allows the license server to restart after a machine reboot.