Pseudo ttys and SCO Licensing

[Pilot1]

I have hunted all over for this answer. I know that I can connect to a Sco box (running Open Server 5.0.6) via a pseudo tty many times with a single license. When it comes to licensing many users, each using a psuedo connection via port 21, do I need a license for each connection made? e.g. user1 - ttyp1 and user2 - ttyp2 and user3 - ttyp3 -- 3 SCO licenses ? or would I just need 1 SCO license? The reason I ask is that when I contacted a local reseller of SCO to inquire about this, and another company that provides termial emulation and intergration software this question, I got two different answers. Does anyone know what I need to do here?

Thanks In Advance

Keith Marx

 

[pcunix]

The article at

http://stage.caldera.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?107560

covers the gory details, but yes, you needs a license for each use of a telnet or ssh login on a ttyp port.

Ftp logins and pop logins don't consume licesnses. Telnet, ssh, rlogin, and even uucp do.

Tony Lawrence
SCO Unix/Linux Resources

http://pcunix.com

tony@pcunix.com

 

[pcunix]

BTW, on current versions, "brand -u" tells you how many licenses are currently in use. It will return a negative number if that exceeeds what you are actually licensed for (the license manager allows you to "cheat" a little bit).

Tony Lawrence
SCO Unix/Linux Resources

http://pcunix.com

tony@pcunix.com