Administrative/Super User Privileges

Certain privileges are required to successfully install your Softimageâ product.

Windows

You must have administrative privileges to modify registry keys, remove and/or install system drivers, as well as to use services such as the following:

·      Sentinel driver (to communicate with the hardware key)

·      Softimage License Server (to start and stop the FLEXlmâ services)

·      LM_LICENSE_FILE (system environment required by the licensing software)

IRIX

You must have super user privileges to modify system files and boot scripts:

·      Default TCP port 744 (required by the licensing software)

·      siflexlm (required to start and stop the FLEXlm daemon during a reboot; located in /etc/init.d/)

·      S96siflexlm (required to start and stop the FLEXlm daemon during a reboot; located in /etc)

·      siflexlm (required to control the configuration state of the etc/init.d/siflexlm script with chkconfig; located in /etc/config/)

Linux

You must have super user privileges to modify system files and boot scripts:

·      Default TCP port 744 (required by the licensing software)