Restricting Access to License Types

Access to specific product licenses is controlled by a configuration file on the licensing server named mcinc.opt that, if present, restricts access to specific licenses to certain users. This can be used if, for example, you have a number of concurrent licenses, some are Expert and some are Translator, and you wish to restrict which users or machines can access the Expert licenses.

In this case, you have received an Activation ID for the Translator licenses, and a separate Activation ID for the Expert licenses. To view these Activation IDs, you may consult your Entitlement Certificate or you may simply open a command prompt, go to the <InstallFolder>, and enter the following command:

> mcsvractutil –view

You must then create a file named “mcinc.opt” in <InstallFolder>. That file contains the following information (to restrict by computer name or IP address):

GROUPCASEINSENSITIVE ON

HOST_GROUP EXPERT machine1 machine2

HOST_GROUP TRANSLATOR machine1 machine2 machine3 machine4

INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT 1111-xxxx-11 HOST_GROUP EXPERT

INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT 1111-xxxx-22 HOST_GROUP TRANSLATOR

Where machine1 and machine2 can access Expert licenses, and machines named machine1, machine2, machine3 and machine4 can access Translator licenses; and 1111-xxxx-11 is the Activation ID for the Expert licenses and 1111-xxxx-22 is the Activation ID for the Translator licenses.

Similarly, to restrict by username, create the mcinct.opt file but the contents are as follows:

GROUPCASEINSENSITIVE ON

GROUP EXPERTUSERS user1 user2

GROUP TRANSLATORUSERS user1 user2 user3 user4

INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT 1111-xxxx-11 GROUP EXPERTUSERS

INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT 1111-xxxx-22 GROUP TRANSLATORUSERS

Where user1, user2, user3 and user4 are the names of the users within the network.