Installing and Using MATLAB on Mac OS X

The Options File

The installer creates the options file, $MATLAB/etc/MLM.opt, as part of the installation process. The installer puts in the options file an INCLUDE line for each product you are licensed to install and run. By default, the installer puts the username of the person who performed the install in these INCLUDE lines. If you performed your own installation, the options file may not need editing. However, if you performed the installation for another user, or if you had root privileges when you performed the installation, you will need to edit this options file.

For example, if your username is sysadmin, the options file would look like this:

• INCLUDE MATLAB USER sysadmin
  INCLUDE Signal_Toolbox USER sysadmin
  INCLUDE Optimization_Toolbox USER sysadmin
  

You must replace sysadmin in these INCLUDE statements with the usernames of the licensed users. If multiple users are licensed for the same product, you must create a separate INCLUDE line for each user or use the FLEXlm GROUP syntax. (The number of users must not exceed the number of license keys available for that product.) This example shows both methods.

• GROUP matlab_users tom judy mike jean brad
  GROUP signal_users tom mike brad
  INCLUDE MATLAB GROUP matlab_users
  INCLUDE Signal_Toolbox GROUP signal_users
  INCLUDE Optimization_Toolbox USER mike
  INCLUDE Optimization_Toolbox USER jean
  

Setting Up User-Based Licensing

Starting the License Manager at Startup