I want to hide the licenses on the installation from the users.
Is it possible to back-port /.licenses to /etc/licenses ?
Tony.
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:01:28 -0800, Joe Mammone <hw@qnx.com> wrote:
You cannot backport the licenses…
…but you can change the file permissions on the ‘.licenses’ file so
the only the root user can access it. It is “hidden” by default and will
only show up in a directory listing for non-root users if you use the -a
option to ‘ls’.
It’s a pity.
I’ve already made / non-writable for "other"s and /.licenses is “root:root
-r–r–r–”.
I’d like to protect the licenses from unauthorized duplication too.
The problem is that we have to give the root’s password to the customer as
well.
Tony.
“Tony” <mts.spb.suxx@mail.ru> wrote in message
news:opsl6yb8jfo93ri4@mobile.wst.quantum.ru…
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:01:28 -0800, Joe Mammone <> hw@qnx.com> > wrote:
You cannot backport the licenses…
…but you can change the file permissions on the ‘.licenses’ file so
the only the root user can access it. It is “hidden” by default and will
only show up in a directory listing for non-root users if you use the -a
option to ‘ls’.
It’s a pity.
I’ve already made / non-writable for “other"s and /.licenses is
root:root -r–r–r–”.I’d like to protect the licenses from unauthorized duplication too.
The problem is that we have to give the root’s password to the customer as
well.
No floppy and not network is the only way to go 
Tony.
You cannot backport the licenses…but you can change the file permissions
on the ‘.licenses’ file so the only the root user can access it. It is
“hidden” by default and will only show up in a directory listing for
non-root users if you use the -a option to ‘ls’.
Regards,
Joe
“Tony” <mts.spb.suxx@mail.ru> wrote in message
news:opsl6m8nw8o93ri4@mobile.wst.quantum.ru…
I want to hide the licenses on the installation from the users.
Is it possible to back-port /.licenses to /etc/licenses ?
Tony.
Mario Charest postmaster@127.0.0.1 wrote:
“Tony” <> mts.spb.suxx@mail.ru> > wrote in message
news:> opsl6yb8jfo93ri4@mobile.wst.quantum.ru> …
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:01:28 -0800, Joe Mammone <> hw@qnx.com> > wrote:You cannot backport the licenses…
…but you can change the file permissions on the ‘.licenses’ file so
the only the root user can access it. It is “hidden” by default and will
only show up in a directory listing for non-root users if you use the -a
option to ‘ls’.
It’s a pity.
I’ve already made / non-writable for “other"s and /.licenses is
root:root -r–r–r–”.I’d like to protect the licenses from unauthorized duplication too.
The problem is that we have to give the root’s password to the customer as
well.No floppy and not network is the only way to go >
they can still ‘cat /.licenses’ and write it down on a paper 
old style license won’t help either, it is easily transferrable/sharable:
http://www.openqnx.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t63-.html
Tony.
On 14 Feb 2005 17:27:13 GMT, Frank Liu <fliu@usdjmp1.eng.vodafone-us.com>
wrote:
No floppy and not network is the only way to go >
they can still ‘cat /.licenses’ and write it down on a paper >
That’s what I mean…
old style license won’t help either, it is easily
transferrable/sharable:
http://www.openqnx.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t63-.html
All this shamanry involves some good QNX4 knowledge. The older seem
protected better.
Alas…
Tony.