This error results when the 'lmremove' feature is disabled on the network license manager by starting the license manager by using the '-2 -p' flag. When set in this manner, it restricts usage of lmdown, lmreread, and lmremove to a license administrator who is by default root. If there a UNIX group called lmadmin, then use is restricted to only members of that group. If root is not a member of this group, then root does not have permission to use any of the above utilities. If -2 -p is used when starting lmgrd, no user on Windows can shut down the license server with lmdown.
In order to be able to return a license early, each user who will borrow will need to be added to the lmadmin group. Alternatively, you can restrict only the 'lmdown' functionality. This can be done with the '-x lmdown' flag which turns off lmdown or '-local' which restricts lmdown to the local machine only. For example:
lmgrd -c license.dat -l /var/tmp/lm_TMW.log -x lmdown
lmgrd -c license.dat -l /var/tmp/lm_TMW.log -local
For more information about these flags see the "lmgrd Command-Line Syntax" section of the FlexNet License Administration guide.
