Autodesk Maya Services & Support

Maya on Mac will not start when using a Mac network license server

Published date: 2009-Oct-16
ID: TS13899344

Applies to:
Autodesk® Maya® 2010

Issue

You have correctly setup the license server on the Mac. You have confirmed that your license server is running correctly by running this command in the Terminal:

/usr/local/flexnetserver/lmutil lmstat -a -c /var/flexlm/adsk_server.lic

When you start Maya on the license server or the client computer, you will get a -15 and a -12 licensing error.

Solution

On the license server, in the /var/flexlm folder, you will need to have:

  1. adsk_server.lic
  2. maya.lic

The maya.lic file will contain the following: 

SERVER ip-address-of-license-server 0
USE_SERVER

or

SERVER localhost 0
USE_SERVER

or

SERVER 127.0.0.1 0
USE_SERVER

On the client computers, in the /var/flexlm folder, you will also need to have the following 2 files:

  1. adsk_server.lic
  2. maya.lic

The maya.lic file will contain the following:

SERVER ip-address-of-license-server 0
USE_SERVER

For additional information on licensing and setup of Maya, please review the Installation Guide.

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