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how to install license for another user?
Posted: 16 Jul 2018, 04:41
by garyleecn
so I just updated filebot and now it requires a license. however the problem is, I can't install license...
I'm using filebot on a Synology system, and it's being called by sabnzbd. the latest sabnzbd runs on it's own user called 'sc-sabnzbd'. and here comes the problem, I can't ssh in the system w/ user 'sc-sabnzbd'...
so is it possible to install license if I ssh in as an admin user or even root?
thanks
Re: how to install license for another user?
Posted: 16 Jul 2018, 08:15
by rednoah
You can configure FileBot to search for a license file in different locations, but the easiest solution is to just call FileBot as that user, like normal. You don't need to SSH for that. If you have root, then you can definitely run a process as another user.
Smart Solution
Use
su or
sudo to run
filebot --license as different user:
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sudo -H -u sabnzbd filebot --license /path/to/license.psm
-H is important so that FileBot is running with the
$HOME of that user, which is where the license is ultimately installed / copied to.
Less Smart Solution
How does
sabnzbd run
filebot then? Perhaps some sort of
sabnzbd.postprocess.sh script that calls
filebot -script fn:amc at some point? Why not just add the
filebot --license command there?
Replace this line:
With this line:
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filebot --license /path/to/license.psm
And then just have sabnzbd call FileBot as usual, et voilà, it'll install a license instead of running the amc script.
Make sure to remove the
filebot --license command afterwards, so you don't activate your license every single time many many many times, which might get your license auto-blacklisted.
Re: how to install license for another user?
Posted: 19 Jul 2018, 07:22
by garyleecn
Then the question becomes, where do I purchase the license? There isn’t any mention of license on the website (at least the page I’m looking at..l)
Re: how to install license for another user?
Posted: 19 Jul 2018, 09:45
by rednoah
The latest version is still in beta. If you use the beta, it'll ask you to install a license as necessary, and give you all the necessary information then and there.
If you're using the CLI tool, then it'll print something like this:
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License Error: UNREGISTERED
Please purchase a FileBot License:
https://www.filebot.net/purchase.html#spk
FileBot requires a valid license. Please run `filebot --license *.psm` to install your FileBot license.