While you can run the FlexNet license manager as root, you should run it as a unique non-privileged (that is, non-root) user. Do this by creating a user account reserved for FlexNet’s use. You many need to refer to your operating system’s documentation or your site’s operating procedures for information on creating this account. The user name does not have to be flexnet. Any unique name will do.
The account from which the license manager is run must have the following properties:
• The password is set to ‘*’ because interactive access is not required.
When you start TotalView, it must be able to find the license.dat file. If TotalView and the active license manager are installed on the same host and you place the license.dat file in its default location in the flexlm‑version directory, you can skip to the next section, "Starting the License Manager Manually".
If you are installing TotalView and the license server on different machines, you can place a license.dat file within each installation. Do this by copying the license.client file from the license server to flexlm-version/license.dat in each installation. If you are using an existing license server, this is all that you have to do.