Jean Salvati ([email protected]) asked about updating a license file under
Linux:
> I need to update a Stata license file under Linux. How can I do that
> without reinstalling Stata? Right now we don't have any windowing GUI on
> that Linux system.
>
> In Windows I usually delete the existing license file, and the next time
> I start Stata it prompts me to enter the new license information, but
> the behavior seems different under Linux.
Under Unix/Linux, a separate program named -stinit- is used to initialize
Stata. To update the license (for example, after adding additional
users to a network license), the old license file needs to be renamed
and a new one created with -stinit-. This should typically be done
as root:
% su
# cd /usr/local/stata9
# mv stata.lic stata.oldlic
# ./stinit
