Is linux username used for hardware fingerprinting ?

Hi all,

I would like to know if the linux username is used to generate the hadware fingerprint is online or offline activation. Suppose my customer have a server processing data. Does several users can remotely connect to this computer and run my software ?From what I understand, the fingerprint is related to the hardware, and not to the user, so I suppose it will work.

Could you confirm that, please ?

Regards,Thomas

Hey Thomas,

No, the username isn't used for hardware fingerprinting on any platform.

Does several users can remotely connect to this computer and run my software ?

Yes. And if you want to limit specific users on the machine then use TurboFloat.

Hi,

Ok, thanks for the quick reply.So, it is not the problem our users are facing. Let me explain a little more.Our software is installed on a linux computer remotely accessed by many users.They activate the software using offline activation. The software tests activation using IsGenuineEx with TA_SKIP_OFFLINE flag.

From what they told me, the soft works for some users but not for other ones (IsGenuineEx returns something other than TA_OK, TA_E_FEATURES_CHANGED, TA_E_INET or TA_E_INET_DELAYED).All linux users are in the same group, so there might not be any permissions issue, might be ? By the way, could you please tell me where is stored the activation data on linux computers ? Indeed, on such computers, some files may be stored remotely on a server.

Thanks,Thomas

When calling CheckAndSavePKey, we use TA_USER. I suppose it changes where the activation data was stored. Could it be the cause of the failures ?

Thanks,Thomas

Yes, use TA_SYSTEM to activate for all users on the machine.

Thanks.

Thomas

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