Allow or Deny Usage of Certain Floating Licences

Upon start up, the floating licence server SECFEKO will read a configuration file secfeko.cfg, in addition to reading the licence file secfeko.dat. The configuration file defines the EXCLUDE and the INCLUDE rules for the licences.

The same strategy as used for searching for the licence file will be used to locate the configuration file, namely the %FEKO_HOME%\license, but if the environment variable FEKO_LICENSE_FILE is set, the floating licence manager will try to locate the configuration file from the specified directory. If the configuration file is not in the directory as set by the environment variable, the default setting will apply. By default (when the configuration file is unavailable or no rule is specified) a floating licence can be checked out by anybody, from any host.

An INCLUDE rule will result in only specified users or hosts to check out a particular licence. An EXCLUDE rule can be set that will enable all users or hosts except those specified by the rule to be able to check out the licence.
Note: An INCLUDE and EXCLUDE rule is not allowed for the same licence, although multiple INCLUDE or multiple EXCLUDE rules are allowed for the same licence.