Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!crdgw1!barnett From: barnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: License Management Facility (LMF) Message-ID: Date: 11 Apr 90 12:43:18 GMT References: <10142@shlump.nac.dec.com> <00934FDA.44D76CA0@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU>,<54695@bbn.COM> <00934FEF.79711AA0@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Reply-To: barnett@crdgw1.ge.com Organization: GE Corp. R & D, Schenectady, NY Lines: 20 In-reply-to: meissner@osf.org's message of 10 Apr 90 21:27:29 GMT In article meissner@osf.org (Michael Meissner) writes: | I believe the 'two user' problem is an artifact of the System V.2 | license structure, which has such silliness in it. As I understand it, the term multi-user depends on how many terminals are on a machine. Network connections do not count, as no real terminal is physically attached when a remote login occurs. Therefore a Sun with two serial ports is a two-user machine. You can have 100 people log on over the network. and it won't kick you off with "too many users". If you add a 16-port serial interface card, you should purchase a multi-user upgrade. For some reason DEC considers a network connect a new user, while Sun does not. Don't ask me why. -- Bruce G. Barnett barnett@crd.ge.com uunet!crdgw1!barnett