1 .TH VLMCSDMULTI 1 "February 2015" "Hotbird64" "KMS Activation Manual"
5 vlmcsdmulti \- a multi-call binary containing \fBvlmcs\fR(1) and \fBvlmcsd\fR(8)
8 \fBvlmcsdmulti\fR vlmcs [ \fIoptions\fR ] [ \fIhostname\fR|\fIip-address\fR[:\fIport\fR] ] [ \fIoptions\fR ] | vlmcsd [ \fIoptions\fR ]
11 \fBvlmcsdmulti\fR is a multi-call binary that contains \fBvlmcs\fR(1) and \fBvlmcsd\fR(8) in a single binary. Since both programs share a lot of code and data, the combined binary is significantly smaller than the sum of both files.
13 \fBvlmcsdmulti\fR should not be called directly. Instead you may want to create symbolic links named vlmcs and vlmcsd which point to \fBvlmcsdmulti\fR. You then use these links to call the respective program. You may however call \fBvlmcsdmulti\fR followed by a complete command line of either \fBvlmcs\fR(1) or \fBvlmcsd\fR(8).
14 .SS Creating symbolic links in unixoid operating systems
15 cd to the directory containing \fBvlmcsdmulti\fR and type
17 ln -s vlmcsdmulti vlmcsd
19 ln -s vlmcsdmulti vlmcs
21 You may use a destination directory, e.g.
23 ln -s vlmcsdmulti /usr/local/sbin/vlmcsd
25 ln -s vlmcsdmulti /usr/local/bin/vlmcs
27 Ensure that \fBvlmcsdmulti\fR has execute permissions. You can do that by typing "chmod 755 vlmcsdmulti". See \fBchmod\fR(1) for details.
28 .SS Creating symbolic links in Windows (Vista and higher only)
29 cd to the directory containing \fBvlmcsdmulti\fR and type
31 mklink vlmcsd.exe vlmcsdmulti.exe
33 mklink vlmcs.exe vlmcsdmulti.exe
35 You may use a destination directory, e.g.
37 mklink C:\\tools\\vlmcsd.exe vlmcsdmulti.exe
39 mklink C:\\tools\\vlmcs.exe vlmcsdmulti.exe
40 .SS Memory considerations
41 While you definitely save disk space by using \fBvlmcsdmulti\fR you will need more RAM when you run \fBvlmcsdmulti\fR as a daemon (KMS server) instead of vlmcsd. You should consider running \fBvlmcsdmulti\fR via an internet superserver like \fBinetd\fR(8) or \fBxinetd\fR(8).
44 \fBvlmcsdmulti\fR has the same bugs as \fBvlmcs\fR(1) and \fBvlmcsd\fR(8).
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53 \fBvlmcs\fR(1)\fB, vlmcsd\fR(8)\fB, vlmcsd\fR(7)