(Ted Harding) wrote:
I'm late onto this thread and it looks as if you're OK now. However, in case it may be helpful in similar future cases:
The "mathpass" file is in ***/mathematica/Configuration/Licensing/mathpass (where *** is wherever you hung the Mathematica installation off), and its content looks like
<your_host_name> ####-#####-##### X####-#### \ ####-###-###::#:yymmdd <your_institution>
(all on one line) where '#' denotes a digit, 'X' a letter, and yymmdd is the expiry date of your licence. The numbers are the ones supplied by Mathematica when you get the licence. The ####-#####-##### is the mathid, and the ####-###-### is a ""password" (mathpass). There is also a checksum in there somewhere.
As far as I know, the numbers should remain valid. You need to make sure, however, that the hostname is what it was when you got the licence, and that this is what is returned by "uname -n" (or gethostbyname). Possibly it was this last item which went pear-shaped when you had your problems. Presumably it is OK now.
Hope this helps. Ted.
Ted, Thanks for the info. It is a bit strange that when MMA sent my password the first time the hostname that was listed with the password was "machinename". This worked. The MMA documentation did say that I should not change my hostname. Well I didn't do that, but the next password they gave me was for my current (real) hostname. Not sure what's up with that. Just hope it doesn't become a habit. Steve -- [<A HREF="http://counter.li.org"><A HREF="http://counter.li.org</A">http://counter.li.org</A</A>> Registered User #79059] S.u.S.E. Linux, www.suse.com THE WORD OF GOD IS THE CREATION WE BEHOLD: And it is in this word, which no human invention can counterfeit or alter, that God speaketh universally to man. - Thomas Paine, _The Age of Reason_ [L]et [the charter] be brought forth placed on the divine law, the word of God; let a crown be placed thereon, by which; the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarchy, that in America the law is king. - Thomas Paine, *Common Sense*, February 14th, 1776 - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e