We recommend that lmgrd not be run as root, since it can be a security risk to run any program that does not require root permissions, and lmgrd does not require root permissions. Daniel has a csh login, so all commands executed as daniel must be in csh syntax. These are not needed on Solaris and some other operating systems, but are safe to use on all. My server refuses to start. A server on the internet will serve licenses to anyone else on the internet.
Many firewalls require that port numbers be specified to the firewall.
Current lmgrds support this. Yes, unless the client's whole system crashes. Assuming communications is TCP, the license is automatically freed immediately. If the whole system crashes, then the license is not freed, and you should use lmremove to free the license. If the whole system running the client application crashes or is disconnected before the license is checked in, the license will NOT be freed automatically.