TurboFloat Server privileges

May I ask why the TF server (linux) requires root privileges to run, also when configured to listen on high TCP ports?

I feel bad about requiring customers to run the license server as root (and who knows, it might be against their security policy).

May I ask why the TF server (linux) requires root privileges to run, also when configured to listen on high TCP ports?

Because the TurboFloat Server needs access to lower level hardware & system information that isn't accessible from regular users. It's a flaw in Linux design that common properties aren't offered as at least read-only from lower-level users.