OSX RDC users getting Temp licenses

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Chris Starmer

I have just installed, activated and added licences to a
2000 Licencing server - all fine.

I have changed my test server (also 2000) from Remote
admin mode to App mode and rebooted.

I now connect with a MAC and instead of being allocated
one of my licences it allocates a temp licence.

Microsoft Licencing say this is correct !
Microsoft Support didn't really know (they gave me false
info which only applies to 2003) and then wanted to charge
me to fix the problem !

Anyone got any ideas ?

Thanks

Chris
 
Do you have any other clients than Macintosh to test the
licensing? Which EventIDs do you see on the TS? Only EventID 1004
(cannot issue license), or also EventID 1010 (cannot locate LS).
If only EventID 1004, are these clients on the same LAN as the
server?
There have been some reports of Mac-specific porblems with storage
of the permanent license on the clients:

From: "Adam Wilkinson" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Can't connect using Remote Desktop Connection on OS X
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 08:39:37 -0400
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services

RDC on OS X stores license information in the directory
"/Users/Shared/Microsoft/RDC Crucial Server Information". The
cause of my problem is that RDC doesn't set permissions correctly
on this directory. So long as the user that originally ran RDC is
the one running the current session, all is well. But if another
user on the machine tries, it doesn't work.

WARNING: UNIX information follows -- you have been warned! (Odd
how a little
UNIX sysadmin knowledge helps troubleshoot Windows problems...)

The directory "/Users/Shared/Microsoft/" is owned by whichever
user first ran RDC, and by the group "wheel" On OS X, all users
are a member of the "wheel" group, unless they are explicitly
excluded. The problem is that "wheel" doesn't have write
permissions in "/Users/Shared/Microsoft/" or any of its
subdirectories.

The work-around is to run RDC once to create this directory
structure, then change the permissions on it. To do this, execute
the following command in a Terminal window:

sudo chmod -R g+w /Users/Shared/Microsoft/

You will need to know the root password for the system in order
for the sudo command to work.
 
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