Hi, sorry if this is a well-known issue.
I purchased a site license and installed TextMate on my classroom machines. The students will be using network accounts.
What I discovered, to my dismay, is that registering TextMate using the local admin account does not unlock it for a network user. (When I logged on using a test student account, I needed to register again.)
This will be, to put it mildly, a pain in the ass, as students are not assigned to a particular machine.
Is there a way around this? I don't immediately see where TextMate maintains license information locally.
Thanks!
Randy J. Zauhar, PhD Assoc. Prof. of Biochemistry Director, Graduate Program in Bioinformatics Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry University of the Sciences in Philadelphia 600 S. 43rd Street Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215)596-8691 FAX: (215)596-8543 E-mail: r.zauhar@usp.edumailto:r.zauhar@usp.edu Web: http://binfcompsci.usp.edu/~zauhar
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On Aug 23, 2010, at 5:10 PM, Randy J. Zauhar wrote:
What I discovered, to my dismay, is that registering TextMate using the local admin account does not unlock it for a network user. (When I logged on using a test student account, I needed to register again.)
This will be, to put it mildly, a pain in the ass, as students are not assigned to a particular machine.
Is there a way around this? I don't immediately see where TextMate maintains license information locally.
I believe it's in each user's TextMate preferences (~/Library/Preferences/com.macromates.textmate.plist). Look for settings that begin with “OakRegistration”.
I haven't tested it, but I imagine you could copy the plist to a system-wide or network-wide preferences folder and strip out everything except the “OakRegistration” settings (and any other defaults you want for all users). That way, the license is visible to all users but all other preferences are defined in their home directory.
I would wait to hear that this is OK with Allan first, though. (Or he may know a better way.)
On 25 Aug 2010, at 15:39, Rob McBroom wrote:
[...] I haven't tested it, but I imagine you could copy the plist to a system-wide or network-wide preferences folder and strip out everything except the “OakRegistration” settings (and any other defaults you want for all users). That way, the license is visible to all users but all other preferences are defined in their home directory.
Indeed, we have this HowTo detailing the options/steps: http://wiki.macromates.com/HowTo/InstallSiteLicense
Allan, Rob, thanks very much!
Randy J. Zauhar, PhD
Associate Professor of Biochemistry Director, Graduate Program in Bioinformatics
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry University of the Sciences 600 S. 43rd Street Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-596-8691 E-mail: r.zauhar@usp.edu ________________________________________ From: textmate-bounces+r.zauhar=usp.edu@lists.macromates.com [textmate-bounces+r.zauhar=usp.edu@lists.macromates.com] On Behalf Of Allan Odgaard [mailinglist@textmate.org] Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 11:41 AM To: TextMate users Subject: [TxMt] Re: Site license inconvenience
On 25 Aug 2010, at 15:39, Rob McBroom wrote:
[...] I haven't tested it, but I imagine you could copy the plist to a system-wide or network-wide preferences folder and strip out everything except the “OakRegistration” settings (and any other defaults you want for all users). That way, the license is visible to all users but all other preferences are defined in their home directory.
Indeed, we have this HowTo detailing the options/steps: http://wiki.macromates.com/HowTo/InstallSiteLicense
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