MATLAB: Do lmstat, lmver, and other FLEXlm scripts not work correctly, or return blank information

MATLAB

When I run the lmstat command, it returns the following:
./lmstat -a
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./lmstat: /Applications/MATLAB6p5/etc/mac/lmstat: Permission denied
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In lmdebug,out, the following appears:
Output of lmstat -a :
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Other license manager scripts also return blank information.

Best Answer

This problem may be caused by permissions that are incorrectly set on these license manager scripts.
To fix this, all network license manager scripts in the $MATLAB/etc/$ARCH directory (where $MATLAB is your main MATLAB directory, and $ARCH reflects the architecture of your machine) must be executable.
For example, if you are on a Macintosh, the directory /Applications/MATLAB6p5/etc/mac should appear as follows:
 drwxrwxrwx   2 pkemble  users       4096 Aug 30  2002 ./
 drwxrwxrwx  14 pkemble  users       8192 Mar  7 10:55 ../
 -rwxrwxrwx   1 pkemble  users     648876 Apr  7  2002 MLM*
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 pkemble  users          6 Aug 30  2002 lmdiag -> lmutil*
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 pkemble  users          6 Aug 30  2002 lmdown -> lmutil*
 -rwxrwxrwx   1 pkemble  users     435192 Apr  7  2002 lmgrd*
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 pkemble  users          6 Aug 30  2002 lmhostid -> lmuti
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 pkemble  users          6 Aug 30  2002 lmremove -> lmuti
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 pkemble  users          6 Aug 30  2002 lmreread -> lmuti
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 pkemble  users          6 Aug 30  2002 lmstat -> lmutil*
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 pkemble  users          6 Aug 30  2002 lmswitchr -> lmut
 -rwxrwxrwx   1 pkemble  users     454776 Apr  7  2002 lmutil*
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 pkemble  users          6 Aug 30  2002 lmver -> lmutil*
(NOTE: Prior to R2011a the MLM process was named 'lm_matlab')
In the example above, owner, user, and group have executable permissions. If for instance the listing for lmgrd looked as follows:
 -rw-r--r--   1 pkemble  users     435192 Apr  7  2002 lmgrd*
You would change it by passing the following command:
chmod 755 ./lmgrd
After the permissions are properly set, you should be able to run the license manager scripts and start the license manager properly.
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