*BSD News Article 90449


Return to BSD News archive

Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!news.sgi.com!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sover.net!news.monad.net!usenet
From: Paul Venezia <pvenezia@monad.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.announce,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: BSDI: BSD/OS 3.0 now shipping
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 10:45:20 -0500
Organization: jpj.net
Lines: 92
Message-ID: <331D9510.3849@monad.net>
References: <5fbmn4$ccg@omega.metrics.com>
Reply-To: pvenezia@monad.net
NNTP-Posting-Host: johnnyb.jpj.net
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----------4CF3326D4F8D0"
X-Sender: Paul Venezia <pvenezia@monad.net> (Unverified)
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.0b1 (Win95; I)
To: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
X-Priority: Normal
Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6232


------------4CF3326D4F8D0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

FYI:

When you install BSD/OS 3.0, during the upgrade/install procedure, it
will ask you for your license code. It will say that this to help you
keep track of the machines running  BSDI vs. the machine licenses you
paid for. It gives the option to enter none as well.

If you enter none, then the maximum user limit on the machine will be
one user, and "This system is running a DEMO copy of BSD/OS" will appear
at every login.

I did this on a test system, and noted these results. The ability to fix
this w/out reinstalling wasn't immediately apparent, and wasn't noted in
the manual as far as I could see, so here it is:
At root prompt, enter

sysctl -w kern.license=<license here>
sysctl -n kern.license > /etc/license
chmod 400 /etc/license

This will officially register your box, and remove the faux maxuser
limit and
demo message.

Note: You need an official BSD/OS license to do this. This isn't a
crack.
--
Paul Venezia - MonadNet System Administrator
pvenezia@monad.net
http://www.monad.net


------------4CF3326D4F8D0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii

<HTML><BODY>

<DT>FYI:<BR>
<BR>
When you install BSD/OS 3.0, during the upgrade/install procedure, it will
ask you for your license code. It will say that this to help you keep track
of the machines running &nbsp;BSDI vs. the machine licenses you paid for.
It gives the option to enter none as well.&nbsp;</DT>

<DT>&nbsp;</DT>

<DT>If you enter none, then the maximum user limit on the machine will
be one user, and &quot;This system is running a DEMO&nbsp;copy of BSD/OS&quot;&nbsp;will
appear at every login.</DT>

<DT>&nbsp;</DT>

<DT>I did this on a test system, and noted these results. The ability to
fix this w/out reinstalling wasn't immediately apparent, and wasn't noted
in the manual as far as I could see, so here it is:</DT>

<DT>At root prompt, enter</DT>

<DT>&nbsp;</DT>

<DT>sysctl -w kern.license=&lt;license here&gt;</DT>

<DT>sysctl -n kern.license &gt; /etc/license</DT>

<DT>chmod 400 /etc/license</DT>

<DT>&nbsp;</DT>

<DT>This will officially register your box, and remove the faux maxuser
limit and&nbsp;<BR>
demo message.</DT>

<DT>&nbsp;</DT>

<DT>Note:&nbsp;You need an official BSD/OS&nbsp;license to do this. This
isn't a crack.<BR>
--&nbsp;<BR>
Paul Venezia - MonadNet System Administrator<BR>
pvenezia@monad.net<BR>
http://www.monad.net<BR>
&nbsp;</DT>

</BODY>
</HTML>
------------4CF3326D4F8D0--