Panther Server registration key checking

[honestpuck]

Hi,

I was wondering how much checking of regitration keys Panther server does. I’d like to set up another machine as a Server for some destructive testing but I only have the one copy. Since I won’t be using the second box for production use and only installing on a temporary basis this doesn’t seem like piracy to me but I was wondering if Panther looks for another box with the same registration key.

I can’t see how it would, but I did wonder. Anyone got any info?

Tony

[curtisf]

Yes, it does check…..Just like Adobe apps, MS Office, and many other apps.

The safest way to do what you’re thinking about would be to set up a test network-separated by a router from your production network. By creating a test network you protect your production network and your users from any goofups you make and doesn’t interrupt any services.

Hope this helps.

Curtis

[honestpuck]

Curtisf,

Yeah, I was afraid of that.

I thought of a separate net but shoehorning just the spare server out of my setup was hard enough – finding another three is downright impossible.

The really frustrating thing is that if I get all this stuff working right I get three spare eMacs that are currently wasted as Timbuktu ends.

I might have to go on bended knee to my reseller and borrow a key for a month or two.

Thanks,

Tony

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have any hard evidence that this check is, indeed, taking place? The reason I ask, is that I have exactly this setup for my test server and have never noticed any evidence that there is a check taking place on the network. Is there something happening that I’m not seeing?

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