Registration and Passwords
Registration
To install and use
Mathematica and
MathLM, you must register with Wolfram Research and receive a password.
Before registering, you must first begin the installation process according to the instructions in the following sections. Midway through the installation process, a MathID number will be displayed on your screen. This MathID number is a machine-specific identification number that is automatically determined when running the installer on a machine.
In addition to your MathID number, you will need to provide the license number printed on your license certificate. To register
MathLM, you will also need to provide the hostname of the machine that will run
MathLM.
Once you have your MathID number, you can register and get a password in one of these ways:
- By phone: Call Customer Service at +1-800-WOLFRAM or +1-217-398-5151, Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm U.S. Central Time. (In Europe: +44-(0)1993-883400, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm GMT.)
Be sure to write down the password and keep it for future reference. The MathID number for your machine can change under certain circumstances, for example, if you reformat your hard disk. If the MathID number changes, you will need to contact Customer Service to get a new password.
The mathpass File
To run
Mathematica or
MathLM, you must have the appropriate password. Passwords are stored within a file called
mathpass. The location of the
mathpass file for
Mathematica varies by operating system. See Configuration Files on
Windows,
Unix/Linux, and
Mac OS X, for
mathpass file locations. The
mathpass file for
MathLM is located in the top-level
MathLM installation directory. The
mathpass file is created automatically by the installer, but you may find it necessary to edit the file by hand at times.
The
mathpass file may contain one or many password entries, depending on your license type. Each line of the
mathpass file contains information for a separate password. The
mathpass file is parsed from top to bottom and the first valid password found is used. You can comment out any line in the
mathpass file by placing a
% character at the start of the line.
Mathematica Passwords
Mathematica passwords have two forms. Network passwords are used by copies of
Mathematica that get a license from the license server. Single-machine passwords are used by standalone copies of
Mathematica. The
mathpass file can contain a single password or a mixture of both types. If there is more than one password in the
mathpass file, the first valid entry is used.
Network passwords have the form
!hostname, where
hostname is the hostname or IP address of the
MathLM license server. Network passwords must begin with a
! character. A network password is stored in the
mathpass file in the following format.
Single-machine passwords typically have the form
dddd-
ddd-
ddd, where
d stands for a digit 0-9. The password may have other fields in it depending on your license type. The password is stored in the
mathpass file in the following format.
hostname 7000-10419-18404 L1234-5678 1234-567-890
The hostname here is the name of the machine on which the
Mathematica processes will run. This is given first, followed by the MathID number, the license number, and the password. The parts of the entry may be separated by spaces or tabs.
The
mathpass file may have multiple single-machine passwords listed. It may be shared across the network, allowing you to maintain a single
mathpass file for multiple machines.
MathLM Passwords
MathLM passwords typically have the form
dddd-
ddd-
ddd:
n:::C
t. Here,
d stands for a digit 0-9,
n stands for the number of processes for the license, and
t stands for the license class, which may be A or B. In some passwords, the digit
n may be replaced with a pair of digits
n,
m, which specify the number of kernel processes and front end processes, respectively. The password may have other fields in it, depending on your license.
The capital letters at the end of the password refer to the license class, which determines what client platforms
Mathematica can run on. Windows, Macintosh OS X, and some Linux platforms are class A. Server-class platforms are class B. The
mathpass file must contain separate password entries for each license class. Class B passwords are valid for both class A and class B clients.
The password is stored in the
mathpass file in the following format.
!hostname 7000-10419-18404 L1234-5678 1234-567-890:8:::CB
The name of the license server running
MathLM is given first, followed by its MathID number. The
! character at the start of the line distinguishes a network password from a single-machine password. The license number is followed by the password. The parts of the entry may be separated by spaces or tabs.
