The Vendor Daemon

The license manager daemon handles communication between the application and the vendor daemon. The vendor daemon, which runs on the license server, tracks which users have licenses for a given product, how many licenses are checked out, and how many licenses are currently available. Sun WorkShop 5.0 products use the sunwlicd vendor daemon (releases prior to Sun WorkShop 5.0 used the suntechd vendor daemon). If the vendor daemon terminates, users lose their licenses. When the license manager daemon restarts the vendor daemon, users regain their licenses automatically.