To configure automatic start-up of your license server

Before configuring your license server for Mac OS^® X, ensure that the following steps have been completed:

• You have installed the Autodesk Network License Manager which contains the following files: lmgrd, adskflex, and lmutil.
• You have received the network license file from Autodesk that contains the product licenses; for example, productlicense.lic.

1. Create a directory titled NLM under the home directory; for example, /Users/<user id>/NLM.
2. Move the following files: lmgrd, adskflex, lmutil, and your product license file (.lic) into the NLM directory created in Step 1.
3. If it does not already exist, create the directory StartupItems under /Library using the sudo command. For example, sudo mkdir StartupItems.
4. Create a startup item directory; for example, /Users/<user id>/adsknlm.
5. Create an executable script file; for example, adsknlm, by entering the following in Terminal:
   NoteThe executable file name must be the same as the directory name.

   #!/bin/sh

   ./etc/rc.common

   StartService ()

   {

      ConsoleMessage “Starting Autodesk Network License Manager”

      /Users/<user id>/NLM/lmgrd -c\

      /Users/<user id>/NLM/productlicense.lic -l\

      /Users/<user id>/NLM/debug.log

      }

      StopService ()

   {

      ConsoleMessage “Stopping Autodesk Network License Manger”

      /Users/<user id>/NLM/lmutil lmdown -q -all -force

      }

      Restart Service ()

      {

      ConsoleMessage “Restarting Autodesk Network License Manger”

      /Users/<user id>/NLM/lmutil lmreread

   }

   RunService “$1”

6. Grant the executable permission to the script by entering the following in Terminal:

   chmod +x adsknlm

7. Create a property list file named StartupParameters.plist and add it to the directory by entering the following in Terminal:

   {

   Description			=”Autodesk Network License Manager”;

   Provides			=(“adsknlm”)

   OrderPreference			=”None”;

   Messages=

   {

   start= “Starting Autodesk Network Manager Service”;

   stop= “Stopping Autodesk Network Manager Service”;

   };

   }

   {

8. Move the startup item directory to /Library/StartupItems/ and modify your directory permission by enter the following in Terminal:
   NoteFor security reasons your startup item directory should be owned by root, the group should be set to wheel, and the permission for the directory should be 755.

   sudo mv /Users/<user id>/adsknlm/ /Library/StartupItems/

   sudo chown root /Library/StartupItems/adsknlm/

   sudo chgrp wheel /Library/StartupItems/adsknlm/

   sudo chmod 755 /Library/StartupItems/adsknlm/

   sudo chown root /Library/StartupItems/adsknlm/*

   sudo chgrp wheel /Library/StartupItems/adsknlm/*

9. Your resulting directory should look like this:

   drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 136 Jul 31 01 01:50

   drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Jul 30 01 21:59

   -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 204 Jul 30 20:16 StartupParameters.plist

   -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 417 Jul 31 00:45 adsknlm

10. Reboot your Mac and verify in the debug.log file (/Users/<user id>/NLG/) that the lmgrd and adskflex start up successfully.