diff --git a/etc/vlmcsd.ini b/etc/vlmcsd.ini
index f0bb380..32efeea 100644
--- a/etc/vlmcsd.ini
+++ b/etc/vlmcsd.ini
@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@
# Command line: -R
;RenewalInterval = 7d
+# Exit vlmcsd if warning of certain level has been reached
+# Command line: -x
+# 0 = Never
+# 1 = Exit, if any listening socket could not be established or TAP error occurs
+;ExitLevel = 0
+
# Run program as user vlmcsduser
# Command line: -u
;user = vlmcsduser
diff --git a/floppy/floppy144.vfd b/floppy/floppy144.vfd
index fdc2f69..17be4b6 100644
Binary files a/floppy/floppy144.vfd and b/floppy/floppy144.vfd differ
diff --git a/hotbird64-mass-build/make_linux b/hotbird64-mass-build/make_linux
index ab46f92..04468b7 100755
--- a/hotbird64-mass-build/make_linux
+++ b/hotbird64-mass-build/make_linux
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ export PROGRAM_NAME=../binaries/Android/intel/bionic/vlmcsd-android23-x86
export MULTI_NAME=../binaries/Android/intel/static/vlmcsdmulti-android23-x86
export CC=/opt/toolchains/x86-android-9/bin/i686-linux-android-gcc
export CFLAGS="$SMALLCC"
-export PLATFORMFLAGS="-flto=16 -fwhole-program -march=atom -m32"
+export PLATFORMFLAGS="-flto=16 -fwhole-program -march=i386 -m32"
export THREADS=1
export LDFLAGS="$SMALLLD"
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ export PROGRAM_NAME=../binaries/Android/intel/bionic/vlmcsd-android41-x86
export MULTI_NAME=../binaries/Android/intel/bionic/vlmcsdmulti-android41-x86
export CC=/opt/toolchains/x86-android-16/bin/i686-linux-android-gcc
export CFLAGS="$SMALLCC"
-export PLATFORMFLAGS="-flto=16 -fwhole-program -march=atom -m32 -fPIE -pie"
+export PLATFORMFLAGS="-flto=16 -fwhole-program -march=i386 -m32 -fPIE -pie"
export THREADS=1
export LDFLAGS="$SMALLLD"
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ export PROGRAM_NAME=../binaries/Android/intel/bionic/vlmcsd-android50-x64
export MULTI_NAME=../binaries/Android/intel/bionic/vlmcsdmulti-android50-x64
export CC=/opt/toolchains/x86_64-android-21/bin/x86_64-linux-android-gcc
export CFLAGS="$SMALLCC"
-export PLATFORMFLAGS="-flto=16 -fwhole-program -march=atom -m64 -fPIE -pie"
+export PLATFORMFLAGS="-flto=16 -fwhole-program -m64 -fPIE -pie"
export THREADS=0
export LDFLAGS="$SMALLLD"
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ export PROGRAM_NAME=../binaries/Android/intel/static/vlmcsd-android50-x64-static
export MULTI_NAME=../binaries/Android/intel/static/vlmcsdmulti-android50-x64-static
export CC=/opt/toolchains/x86_64-android-21/bin/x86_64-linux-android-gcc
export CFLAGS="$SMALLCC"
-export PLATFORMFLAGS="-flto=16 -fwhole-program -march=nocona -m64"
+export PLATFORMFLAGS="-flto=16 -fwhole-program -m64"
export THREADS=0
export LDFLAGS="$SMALLLD -static"
diff --git a/man/vlmcs.1.html b/man/vlmcs.1.html
index bbaa1f2..4845317 100644
--- a/man/vlmcs.1.html
+++ b/man/vlmcs.1.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-
+
diff --git a/man/vlmcs.1.pdf b/man/vlmcs.1.pdf
index 7dbf650..83b8fce 100644
Binary files a/man/vlmcs.1.pdf and b/man/vlmcs.1.pdf differ
diff --git a/man/vlmcsd-floppy.7.html b/man/vlmcsd-floppy.7.html
index 262d6d1..9f5e3e4 100644
--- a/man/vlmcsd-floppy.7.html
+++ b/man/vlmcsd-floppy.7.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-
+
diff --git a/man/vlmcsd-floppy.7.pdf b/man/vlmcsd-floppy.7.pdf
index 8750224..d99123d 100644
Binary files a/man/vlmcsd-floppy.7.pdf and b/man/vlmcsd-floppy.7.pdf differ
diff --git a/man/vlmcsd.7.html b/man/vlmcsd.7.html
index 1912fbb..a1fb0f6 100644
--- a/man/vlmcsd.7.html
+++ b/man/vlmcsd.7.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-
+
diff --git a/man/vlmcsd.7.pdf b/man/vlmcsd.7.pdf
index 8855148..4331271 100644
Binary files a/man/vlmcsd.7.pdf and b/man/vlmcsd.7.pdf differ
diff --git a/man/vlmcsd.8 b/man/vlmcsd.8
index 3ee7c9c..b3a94ca 100644
--- a/man/vlmcsd.8
+++ b/man/vlmcsd.8
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.mso www.tmac
-.TH VLMCSD 8 "December 2016" "Hotbird64" "KMS Activation Manual"
+.TH VLMCSD 8 "January 2017" "Hotbird64" "KMS Activation Manual"
.LO 8
.SH NAME
@@ -92,6 +92,28 @@ You should be aware that only one program can use a VPN adapter at a time. If yo
Example: \fB-O "Ethernet 7"=192.168.123.1/24\fR (uses VPN adapter Ethernet 7 with IPv4 address 192.168.123.1 and have 192.168.123.2 to 192.168.123.254 as additional local (but apparently remote) IPv4 addresses.
+.IP "\fB-x0\fR and \fB-x1\fR"
+Controls under what circumstances vlmcsd will exit. Using the default of \fB-x0\fR vlmcsd stays active as long as it can perform some useful operations. If vlmcsd is run by any form of a watchdog, e.g. NT service manager (Windows), systemd (Linux) or launchd (Mac OS / iOS), it may be desirable to end vlmcsd and let the watchdog restart it. This is especially true if some pre-requisites are not yet met but will be some time later, e.g. network is not yet fully setup.
+
+By using \fB-x0\fR vlmcsd will
+
+.RS 12
+exit if none of the listening sockets specified with \fB-L\fR can be used. It continues if at least one socket can be setup for listening.
+
+exit any TAP mirror thread (Windows version only) if there is an error condition while reading or writing from or to the VPN adapter but continue to work without utilizing a VPN adapter.
+.RE
+.IP
+By using \fB-x1\fR vlmcsd will
+
+.RS 12
+exit if not all listening sockets specified with \fB-L\fR can be used.
+
+exit completely if there is a problem with a VPN adapter it is using. This can happen for instance if the VPN adapter has been disabled using "Control Panel - Network - Adapter Settings" while vlmcsd is using it.
+
+.RE
+.IP
+Please note that \fB-x1\fR is kind of a workaround option. While it may help under some circumstances, it is better to solve the problem at its origin, e.g. properly implementing dependencies in your startup script to ensure all network interfaces and the VPN adapter you will use are completely setup before you start vlmcsd.
+
.IP "\fB-F0\fR and \fB-F1\fR"
Allow (\fB-F1\fR) or disallow (\fB-F0\fR) binding to IP addresses that are currently not configured on your system. The default is \fB-F0\fR. \fB-F1\fR allows you to bind to an IP address that may be configured after you started \fBvlmcsd\fR. \fBvlmcsd\fR will listen on that address as soon as it becomes available. This feature is only available under Linux (IPv4 and IPv6) and FreeBSD (IPv4 only). FreeBSD allows this feature only for the root user (more correctly: processes that have the PRIV_NETINET_BINDANY privilege). Linux does not require a capability for this.
diff --git a/man/vlmcsd.8.dos.txt b/man/vlmcsd.8.dos.txt
index 0fa5414..7e4f0d5 100644
--- a/man/vlmcsd.8.dos.txt
+++ b/man/vlmcsd.8.dos.txt
@@ -224,49 +224,89 @@ OPTIONS
IPv4 addresses.
+ -x0 and -x1
+ Controls under what circumstances vlmcsd will exit. Using the
+ default of -x0 vlmcsd stays active as long as it can perform
+ some useful operations. If vlmcsd is run by any form of a watch‐
+ dog, e.g. NT service manager (Windows), systemd (Linux) or
+ launchd (Mac OS / iOS), it may be desirable to end vlmcsd and
+ let the watchdog restart it. This is especially true if some
+ pre-requisites are not yet met but will be some time later, e.g.
+ network is not yet fully setup.
+
+ By using -x0 vlmcsd will
+
+ exit if none of the listening sockets specified with -L can
+ be used. It continues if at least one socket can be setup
+ for listening.
+
+ exit any TAP mirror thread (Windows version only) if there
+ is an error condition while reading or writing from or to
+ the VPN adapter but continue to work without utilizing a
+ VPN adapter.
+
+ By using -x1 vlmcsd will
+
+ exit if not all listening sockets specified with -L can be
+ used.
+
+ exit completely if there is a problem with a VPN adapter it
+ is using. This can happen for instance if the VPN adapter
+ has been disabled using "Control Panel - Network - Adapter
+ Settings" while vlmcsd is using it.
+
+
+ Please note that -x1 is kind of a workaround option. While it
+ may help under some circumstances, it is better to solve the
+ problem at its origin, e.g. properly implementing dependencies
+ in your startup script to ensure all network interfaces and the
+ VPN adapter you will use are completely setup before you start
+ vlmcsd.
+
+
-F0 and -F1
- Allow (-F1) or disallow (-F0) binding to IP addresses that are
+ Allow (-F1) or disallow (-F0) binding to IP addresses that are
currently not configured on your system. The default is -F0. -F1
allows you to bind to an IP address that may be configured after
- you started vlmcsd. vlmcsd will listen on that address as soon
- as it becomes available. This feature is only available under
- Linux (IPv4 and IPv6) and FreeBSD (IPv4 only). FreeBSD allows
- this feature only for the root user (more correctly: processes
- that have the PRIV_NETINET_BINDANY privilege). Linux does not
+ you started vlmcsd. vlmcsd will listen on that address as soon
+ as it becomes available. This feature is only available under
+ Linux (IPv4 and IPv6) and FreeBSD (IPv4 only). FreeBSD allows
+ this feature only for the root user (more correctly: processes
+ that have the PRIV_NETINET_BINDANY privilege). Linux does not
require a capability for this.
-t seconds
- Timeout the TCP connection with the client after seconds sec‐
- onds. After sending an activation request. RPC keeps the TCP
+ Timeout the TCP connection with the client after seconds sec‐
+ onds. After sending an activation request. RPC keeps the TCP
connection for a while. The default is 30 seconds. You may spec‐
- ify a shorter period to free ressources on your device faster.
- This is useful for devices with limited main memory or if you
+ ify a shorter period to free ressources on your device faster.
+ This is useful for devices with limited main memory or if you
used -m to limit the concurrent clients that may request activa‐
- tion. Microsoft RPC clients disconnect after 30 seconds by
- default. Setting seconds to a greater value does not make much
+ tion. Microsoft RPC clients disconnect after 30 seconds by
+ default. Setting seconds to a greater value does not make much
sense.
-m concurrent-clients
- Limit the number of clients that will be handled concurrently.
+ Limit the number of clients that will be handled concurrently.
This is useful for devices with limited ressources or if you are
- experiencing DoS attacks that spawn thousands of threads or
- forked processes. If additional clients connect to vlmcsd, they
- need to wait until another client disconnects. If you set con‐
+ experiencing DoS attacks that spawn thousands of threads or
+ forked processes. If additional clients connect to vlmcsd, they
+ need to wait until another client disconnects. If you set con‐
current-clients to a small value ( <10 ), you should also select
- a reasonable timeout of 2 or 3 seconds with -t. The default is
+ a reasonable timeout of 2 or 3 seconds with -t. The default is
no limit.
- -d Disconnect each client after processing one activation request.
- This is a direct violation of DCE RPC but may help if you
- receive malicous fake RPC requests that block your threads or
- forked processes. Some other KMS emulators (e.g. py-kms) behave
+ -d Disconnect each client after processing one activation request.
+ This is a direct violation of DCE RPC but may help if you
+ receive malicous fake RPC requests that block your threads or
+ forked processes. Some other KMS emulators (e.g. py-kms) behave
this way.
- -k Do not disconnect clients after processing an activation
+ -k Do not disconnect clients after processing an activation
request. This selects the default behavior. -k is useful only if
you used an ini file (see vlmcsd.ini(5) and -i). If the ini file
contains the line "DisconnectClientsImmediately = true", you can
@@ -274,135 +314,135 @@ OPTIONS
-N0 and -N1
- Disables (-N0) or enables (-N1) the use of the NDR64 transfer
- syntax in the RPC protocol. Unlike Microsoft vlmcsd supports
+ Disables (-N0) or enables (-N1) the use of the NDR64 transfer
+ syntax in the RPC protocol. Unlike Microsoft vlmcsd supports
NDR64 on 32-bit operating systems. Microsoft introduced NDR64 in
- Windows Vista but their KMS servers started using it with Win‐
- dows 8. Thus if you choose random ePIDs, vlmcsd will select
- ePIDs with build numbers 9200 and 9600 if you enable NDR64 and
+ Windows Vista but their KMS servers started using it with Win‐
+ dows 8. Thus if you choose random ePIDs, vlmcsd will select
+ ePIDs with build numbers 9200 and 9600 if you enable NDR64 and
build numbers 6002 and 7601 if you disable NDR64. The default is
to enable NDR64.
-B0 and -B1
- Disables (-B0) or enables (-B1) bind time feature negotiation
+ Disables (-B0) or enables (-B1) bind time feature negotiation
(BTFN) in the RPC protocol. All Windows operating systems start‐
- ing with Vista support BTFN and try to negotiate it when initi‐
+ ing with Vista support BTFN and try to negotiate it when initi‐
ating an RPC connection. Thus consider turning it off as a debug
/ troubleshooting feature only. Some older firewalls that selec‐
- tively block or redirect RPC traffic may get confused when they
+ tively block or redirect RPC traffic may get confused when they
detect NDR64 or BTFN.
-l filename
Use filename as a log file. The log file records all activations
- with IP address, Windows workstation name (no reverse DNS
- lookup), activated product, KMS protocol, time and date. If you
+ with IP address, Windows workstation name (no reverse DNS
+ lookup), activated product, KMS protocol, time and date. If you
do not specify a log file, no log is created. For a live view of
the log file type tail -f file.
- If you use the special filename "syslog", vlmcsd uses syslog(3)
- for logging. If your system has no syslog service (/dev/log)
- installed, logging output will go to /dev/console. Syslog log‐
- ging is not available in the native Windows version. The Cygwin
+ If you use the special filename "syslog", vlmcsd uses syslog(3)
+ for logging. If your system has no syslog service (/dev/log)
+ installed, logging output will go to /dev/console. Syslog log‐
+ ging is not available in the native Windows version. The Cygwin
version does support syslog logging.
-T0 and -T1
- Disable (-T0) or enable (-T1) the inclusion of date and time in
- each line of the log. The default is -T1. -T0 is useful if you
- log to stdout(3) which is redirected to another logging mecha‐
- nism that already includes date and time in its output, for
- instance systemd-journald(8). If you log to syslog(3), -T1 is
- ignored and date and time will never be included in the output
+ Disable (-T0) or enable (-T1) the inclusion of date and time in
+ each line of the log. The default is -T1. -T0 is useful if you
+ log to stdout(3) which is redirected to another logging mecha‐
+ nism that already includes date and time in its output, for
+ instance systemd-journald(8). If you log to syslog(3), -T1 is
+ ignored and date and time will never be included in the output
sent to syslog(3).
- -D Normally vlmcsd daemonizes and runs in background (except the
- native Windows version). If -D is specified, vlmcsd does not
+ -D Normally vlmcsd daemonizes and runs in background (except the
+ native Windows version). If -D is specified, vlmcsd does not
daemonize and runs in foreground. This is useful for testing and
allows you to simply press to exit vlmcsd.
- The native Windows version never daemonizes and always behaves
+ The native Windows version never daemonizes and always behaves
as if -D had been specified. You may want to install vlmcsd as a
service instead. See -s.
-e If specified, vlmcsd ignores -l and writes all logging output to
- stdout(3). This is mainly useful for testing and debugging and
+ stdout(3). This is mainly useful for testing and debugging and
often combined with -D.
- -v Use verbose logging. Logs every parameter of the base request
- and the base response. It also logs the HWID of the KMS server
- if KMS protocol version 6 is used. This option is mainly for
- debugging purposes. It only has an effect if some form of log‐
- ging is used. Thus -v does not make sense if not used with -l,
+ -v Use verbose logging. Logs every parameter of the base request
+ and the base response. It also logs the HWID of the KMS server
+ if KMS protocol version 6 is used. This option is mainly for
+ debugging purposes. It only has an effect if some form of log‐
+ ging is used. Thus -v does not make sense if not used with -l,
-e or -f.
- -q Do not use verbose logging. This is actually the default behav‐
+ -q Do not use verbose logging. This is actually the default behav‐
ior. It only makes sense if you use vlmcsd with an ini file (see
- -i and vlmcsd.ini(5)). If the ini file contains the line
+ -i and vlmcsd.ini(5)). If the ini file contains the line
"LogVerbose = true" you can use -q to restore the default behav‐
ior.
-p filename
Create pid file filename. This has nothing to do with KMS ePIDs.
- A pid file is a file where vlmcsd writes its own process id.
- This is used by standard init scripts (typically found in
+ A pid file is a file where vlmcsd writes its own process id.
+ This is used by standard init scripts (typically found in
/etc/init.d). The default is not to write a pid file.
-u user and -g group
- Causes vlmcsd to run in the specified user and group security
- context. The main purpose for this is to drop root privileges
- after it has been started from the root account. To use this
- feature from cygwin you must run cyglsa-config and the account
- from which vlmcsd is started must have the rights "Act as part
- of the operating system" and "Replace a process level token".
+ Causes vlmcsd to run in the specified user and group security
+ context. The main purpose for this is to drop root privileges
+ after it has been started from the root account. To use this
+ feature from cygwin you must run cyglsa-config and the account
+ from which vlmcsd is started must have the rights "Act as part
+ of the operating system" and "Replace a process level token".
The native Windows version does not support these options.
- The actual security context switch is performed after the TCP
- sockets have been created. This allows you to use privileged
+ The actual security context switch is performed after the TCP
+ sockets have been created. This allows you to use privileged
ports (< 1024) when you start vlmcsd from the root account.
However if you use an ini, pid or log file, you must ensure that
- the unprivileged user has access to these files. You can always
- log to syslog(3) from an unprivileged account on most platforms
+ the unprivileged user has access to these files. You can always
+ log to syslog(3) from an unprivileged account on most platforms
(see -l).
-w ePID
- Use ePID as Windows ePID. If specified, -r is disregarded for
+ Use ePID as Windows ePID. If specified, -r is disregarded for
Windows.
-0 ePID
- Use ePID as Office 2010 ePID (including Project and Visio). If
+ Use ePID as Office 2010 ePID (including Project and Visio). If
specified, -r is disregarded for Office 2010.
-3 ePID
- Use ePID as Office 2013 ePID (including Project and Visio). If
+ Use ePID as Office 2013 ePID (including Project and Visio). If
specified, -r is disregarded for Office 2013.
-6 ePID
- Use ePID as Office 2016 ePID (including Project and Visio). If
+ Use ePID as Office 2016 ePID (including Project and Visio). If
specified, -r is disregarded for Office 2016.
-H HwId
- Use HwId for all products. All HWIDs in the ini file (see -i)
+ Use HwId for all products. All HWIDs in the ini file (see -i)
will not be used. In an ini file you can specify a seperate HWID
- for each application-guid. This is not possible when entering a
+ for each application-guid. This is not possible when entering a
HWID from the command line.
- HwId must be specified as 16 hex digits that are interpreted as
- a series of 8 bytes (big endian). Any character that is not a
- hex digit will be ignored. This is for better readability. The
+ HwId must be specified as 16 hex digits that are interpreted as
+ a series of 8 bytes (big endian). Any character that is not a
+ hex digit will be ignored. This is for better readability. The
following commands are identical:
vlmcsd -H 0123456789ABCDEF
@@ -411,26 +451,26 @@ OPTIONS
-i filename
- Use configuration file (aka ini file) filename. Most configura‐
+ Use configuration file (aka ini file) filename. Most configura‐
tion parameters can be set either via the command line or an ini
- file. The command line always has precedence over configuration
- items in the ini file. See vlmcsd.ini(5) for the format of the
+ file. The command line always has precedence over configuration
+ items in the ini file. See vlmcsd.ini(5) for the format of the
configuration file.
- If vlmcsd has been compiled to use a default configuration file
- (often /etc/vlmcsd.ini), you may use -i- to ignore the default
+ If vlmcsd has been compiled to use a default configuration file
+ (often /etc/vlmcsd.ini), you may use -i- to ignore the default
configuration file.
-j filename
- Use KMS data file filename. By default vlmcsd only contains the
- minimum product data that is required to perform all operations
- correctly. You may use a more complete KMS data file that con‐
- tains all detailed product names. This is especially useful if
+ Use KMS data file filename. By default vlmcsd only contains the
+ minimum product data that is required to perform all operations
+ correctly. You may use a more complete KMS data file that con‐
+ tains all detailed product names. This is especially useful if
you are logging KMS requests. If you don't log, there is no need
to load an external KMS data file.
- If vlmcsd has been compiled to use a default KMS data file, you
+ If vlmcsd has been compiled to use a default KMS data file, you
may use -j- to ignore the default configuration file.
@@ -440,112 +480,112 @@ OPTIONS
- you did not sprecify an ePID in the command line and
- you haven't used -i or
- the file specified by -i cannot be opened or
- - the file specified by -i does not contain an ePID for the KMS
+ - the file specified by -i does not contain an ePID for the KMS
request
- -r0 means there are no random ePIDs. vlmcsd simply issues
- default ePIDs that are built into the binary at compile time.
- Pro: behaves like real KMS server that also always issues the
- same ePID. Con: Microsoft may start blacklisting again and the
+ -r0 means there are no random ePIDs. vlmcsd simply issues
+ default ePIDs that are built into the binary at compile time.
+ Pro: behaves like real KMS server that also always issues the
+ same ePID. Con: Microsoft may start blacklisting again and the
default ePID may not work any longer.
- -r1 instructs vlmcsd to generate random ePIDs when the program
+ -r1 instructs vlmcsd to generate random ePIDs when the program
starts or receives a SIGHUP signal and uses these ePIDs until it
- is stopped or receives another SIGHUP. Most other KMS emulators
- generate a new ePID on every KMS request. This is easily
+ is stopped or receives another SIGHUP. Most other KMS emulators
+ generate a new ePID on every KMS request. This is easily
detectable. Microsoft could just modify sppsvc.exe in a way that
- it always sends two identical KMS requests in two RPC requests
- but over the same TCP connection. If both KMS responses contain
- the different ePIDs, the KMS server is not genuine. -r1 is the
- default mode. -r1 also ensures that all three ePIDs (Windows,
- Office 2010 and Office 2013) use the same OS build number and
+ it always sends two identical KMS requests in two RPC requests
+ but over the same TCP connection. If both KMS responses contain
+ the different ePIDs, the KMS server is not genuine. -r1 is the
+ default mode. -r1 also ensures that all three ePIDs (Windows,
+ Office 2010 and Office 2013) use the same OS build number and
LCID (language id).
If vlmcsd has been started by an internet superserver, -r1 works
almost identically to -r2. The only exception occurs if you send
- more than one activation request over the same TCP connection.
- This is simply due to the fact that vlmcsd is started upon a
+ more than one activation request over the same TCP connection.
+ This is simply due to the fact that vlmcsd is started upon a
connection request and does not stay in memory after servicing a
KMS request. Consider using -r0 or -w, -0, -3 and -6 when start‐
ing vlmcsd by an internet superserver.
- -r2 behaves like most other KMS server emulators with random
- support and generates a new random ePID on every request. -r2
- should be treated as debugging option only because it allows
+ -r2 behaves like most other KMS server emulators with random
+ support and generates a new random ePID on every request. -r2
+ should be treated as debugging option only because it allows
very easy emulator detection.
-C LCID
- Do not randomize the locale id part of the ePID and use LCID
- instead. The LCID must be specified as a decimal number, e.g.
- 1049 for "Russian - Russia". This option has no effect if the
- ePID is not randomized at all, e.g. if it is selected from the
+ Do not randomize the locale id part of the ePID and use LCID
+ instead. The LCID must be specified as a decimal number, e.g.
+ 1049 for "Russian - Russia". This option has no effect if the
+ ePID is not randomized at all, e.g. if it is selected from the
command line or an ini file.
By default vlmcsd generates a valid locale id that is recognized
- by .NET Framework 4.0. This may lead to a locale id which is
+ by .NET Framework 4.0. This may lead to a locale id which is
unlikely to occur in your country, for instance 2155 for "Quecha
- Ecuador". You may want to select the locale id of your country
instead. See MSDN ⟨http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/
- bb964664.aspx⟩ for a list of valid LCIDs. Please note that some
+ bb964664.aspx⟩ for a list of valid LCIDs. Please note that some
of them are not recognized by .NET Framework 4.0.
- Most other KMS emulators use a fixed LCID of 1033 (English -
+ Most other KMS emulators use a fixed LCID of 1033 (English -
US). To achive the same behavior in vlmcsd use -C 1033.
-K0, -K1, -K2 and -K3
- Sets the whitelisting level to determine which products vlmcsd
+ Sets the whitelisting level to determine which products vlmcsd
activates or refuses. The default is -K0.
- -K0: activate all products with an unknown, retail or
+ -K0: activate all products with an unknown, retail or
beta/preview KMS ID.
-K1: activate products with a retail or beta/preview KMS ID
but refuse to activate products with an unknown KMS ID.
- -K2: activate products with an unknown KMS ID but refuse
+ -K2: activate products with an unknown KMS ID but refuse
products with a retail or beta/preview KMS ID.
-K3: activate only products with a known volume license RTM
KMS ID and refuse all others.
- The SKU ID is not checked. Like a genuine KMS server vlmcsd
- activates a product that has a random or unknown SKU ID. If you
- select -K1 or -K3, vlmcsd also checks the Application ID for
- correctness. If Microsoft introduces a new KMS ID for a new
- product, you cannot activate it if you used -K1 or -K3 until a
+ The SKU ID is not checked. Like a genuine KMS server vlmcsd
+ activates a product that has a random or unknown SKU ID. If you
+ select -K1 or -K3, vlmcsd also checks the Application ID for
+ correctness. If Microsoft introduces a new KMS ID for a new
+ product, you cannot activate it if you used -K1 or -K3 until a
new version of vlmcsd is available.
-c0 and -c1
- -c1 causes vlmcsd to check if the client time differs no more
+ -c1 causes vlmcsd to check if the client time differs no more
than four hours from the system time. -c0 (the default) disables
- this check. -c1 is useful to prevent emulator detection. A
- client that tries to detect an emulator could simply send two
- subsequent request with two time stamps that differ more than
+ this check. -c1 is useful to prevent emulator detection. A
+ client that tries to detect an emulator could simply send two
+ subsequent request with two time stamps that differ more than
four hours from each other. If both requests succeed, the server
- is an emulator. If you specify -c1 on a system with no reliable
- time source, activations will fail. It is ok to set the correct
+ is an emulator. If you specify -c1 on a system with no reliable
+ time source, activations will fail. It is ok to set the correct
system time after you started vlmcsd.
-M0 and -M1
- Disables (-M0) or enables (-M1) maintaining a list of client
- machine IDs (CMIDs). The default is -M0. -M1 is useful to pre‐
- vent emulator detection. By maintaing a CMID list, vlmcsd
+ Disables (-M0) or enables (-M1) maintaining a list of client
+ machine IDs (CMIDs). The default is -M0. -M1 is useful to pre‐
+ vent emulator detection. By maintaing a CMID list, vlmcsd
reports current active clients exactly like a genuine KMS emula‐
- tor. This includes bug compatibility to the extent that you can
- permanently kill a genuine KMS emulator by sending an "over‐
- charge request" with a required client count of 376 or more and
- then request activation for 671 clients. vlmcsd can be reset
- from this condition by restarting it. If -M0 is used, vlmcsd
+ tor. This includes bug compatibility to the extent that you can
+ permanently kill a genuine KMS emulator by sending an "over‐
+ charge request" with a required client count of 376 or more and
+ then request activation for 671 clients. vlmcsd can be reset
+ from this condition by restarting it. If -M0 is used, vlmcsd
reports current active clients as good as possible. If no client
sends an "overcharge request", it is not possible to detect vlm‐
- csd as an emulator with -M0. -M1 requires the allocation of a
- buffer that is about 50 kB in size. On hardware with few memory
+ csd as an emulator with -M0. -M1 requires the allocation of a
+ buffer that is about 50 kB in size. On hardware with few memory
resources use it only if you really need it.
- If you start vlmcsd from an internet superserver, -M1 cannot be
- used. Since vlmcsd exits after each activation, it cannot main‐
+ If you start vlmcsd from an internet superserver, -M1 cannot be
+ used. Since vlmcsd exits after each activation, it cannot main‐
tain any state in memory.
@@ -553,82 +593,82 @@ OPTIONS
These options are ignored if you do not also specify -M1. If you
use -E0 (the default), vlmcsd starts up as a fully "charged" KMS
server. Clients activate immediately. -E1 lets you start up vlm‐
- csd with an empty CMID list. Activation will start when the
- required minimum clients (25 for Windows Client OSses, 5 for
- Windows Server OSses and Office) have registered with the KMS
- server. As long as the minimum client count has not been
+ csd with an empty CMID list. Activation will start when the
+ required minimum clients (25 for Windows Client OSses, 5 for
+ Windows Server OSses and Office) have registered with the KMS
+ server. As long as the minimum client count has not been
reached, clients end up in HRESULT 0xC004F038 "The count
- reported by your Key Management Service (KMS) is insufficient.
- Please contact your system administrator". You may use vlmcs(1)
- or another KMS client emulator to "charge" vlmcsd. -E1 does not
- improve emulator detection prevention. It's primary purpose is
- to help developers of KMS clients to test "charging" a KMS
+ reported by your Key Management Service (KMS) is insufficient.
+ Please contact your system administrator". You may use vlmcs(1)
+ or another KMS client emulator to "charge" vlmcsd. -E1 does not
+ improve emulator detection prevention. It's primary purpose is
+ to help developers of KMS clients to test "charging" a KMS
server.
-R renewal-interval
- Instructs clients to renew activation every renewal-interval.
+ Instructs clients to renew activation every renewal-interval.
The renewal-interval is a number optionally immediately followed
- by a letter indicating the unit. Valid unit letters are s (sec‐
+ by a letter indicating the unit. Valid unit letters are s (sec‐
onds), m (minutes), h (hours), d (days) and w (weeks). If you do
not specify a letter, minutes is assumed.
- -R3d for instance instructs clients to renew activation every 3
+ -R3d for instance instructs clients to renew activation every 3
days. The default renewal-interval is 10080 (identical to 7d and
1w).
Due to poor implementation of Microsofts KMS Client it cannot be
guaranteed that activation is renewed on time as specfied by the
- -R option. Don't care about that. Renewal will happen well
+ -R option. Don't care about that. Renewal will happen well
before your activation expires (usually 180 days).
- Even though you can specify seconds, the granularity of this
- option is 1 minute. Seconds are rounded down to the next multi‐
+ Even though you can specify seconds, the granularity of this
+ option is 1 minute. Seconds are rounded down to the next multi‐
ple of 60.
-A activation-interval
- Instructs clients to retry activation every activation-interval
- if it was unsuccessful, e.g. because it could not reach the
- server. The default is 120 (identical to 2h). activation-inter‐
- val follows the same syntax as renewal-interval in the -R
+ Instructs clients to retry activation every activation-interval
+ if it was unsuccessful, e.g. because it could not reach the
+ server. The default is 120 (identical to 2h). activation-inter‐
+ val follows the same syntax as renewal-interval in the -R
option.
- -s Installs vlmcsd as a Windows service. This option only works
- with the native Windows version and Cygwin. Combine -s with
- other command line options. These will be in effect when you
- start the service. The service automatically starts when you
- reboot your machine. To start it manually, type "net start vlm‐
+ -s Installs vlmcsd as a Windows service. This option only works
+ with the native Windows version and Cygwin. Combine -s with
+ other command line options. These will be in effect when you
+ start the service. The service automatically starts when you
+ reboot your machine. To start it manually, type "net start vlm‐
csd".
- If you use Cygwin, you must include your Cygwin system DLL
- directory (usually C:\Cygwin\bin or C:\Cygwin64\bin) into the
+ If you use Cygwin, you must include your Cygwin system DLL
+ directory (usually C:\Cygwin\bin or C:\Cygwin64\bin) into the
PATH environment variable or the service will not start.
- You can reinstall the service anytime using vlmcsd -s again,
- e.g. with a different command line. If the service is running,
+ You can reinstall the service anytime using vlmcsd -s again,
+ e.g. with a different command line. If the service is running,
it will be restarted with the new command line.
- When using -s the command line is checked for basic syntax
+ When using -s the command line is checked for basic syntax
errors only. For example "vlmcsd -s -L 1.2.3.4" reports no error
- but the service will not start if 1.2.3.4 is not an IP address
+ but the service will not start if 1.2.3.4 is not an IP address
on your system.
- -S Uninstalls the vlmcsd service. Works only with the native Win‐
- dows version and Cygwin. All other options will be ignored if
+ -S Uninstalls the vlmcsd service. Works only with the native Win‐
+ dows version and Cygwin. All other options will be ignored if
you include -S in the command line.
-U [domain\]username
- Can only be used together with -s. Starts the service as a dif‐
- ferent user than the local SYSTEM account. This is used to run
- the service under an account with low privileges. If you omit
+ Can only be used together with -s. Starts the service as a dif‐
+ ferent user than the local SYSTEM account. This is used to run
+ the service under an account with low privileges. If you omit
the domain, an account from the local computer will be used.
You may use "NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService". This is a pseudo user
- with low privileges. You may also use "NT AUTHORITY\LocalSer‐
+ with low privileges. You may also use "NT AUTHORITY\LocalSer‐
vice" which has more privileges but these are of no use for run‐
ning vlmcsd.
@@ -636,20 +676,20 @@ OPTIONS
sion for your executable. "NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService" normally
has no permission to run binaries from your home directory.
- For your convenience you can use the special username "/l" as a
+ For your convenience you can use the special username "/l" as a
shortcut for "NT AUTHORITY\LocalService" and "/n" for "NT
- AUTHORITY\NetworkService". "vlmcsd -s -U /n" installs the ser‐
+ AUTHORITY\NetworkService". "vlmcsd -s -U /n" installs the ser‐
vice to run as "NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService".
-W password
- Can only be used together with -s. Specifies a password for the
- corresponding username you use with -U. SYSTEM, "NT AUTHOR‐
- ITY\NetworkService", "NT AUTHORITY\LocalService" do not require
+ Can only be used together with -s. Specifies a password for the
+ corresponding username you use with -U. SYSTEM, "NT AUTHOR‐
+ ITY\NetworkService", "NT AUTHORITY\LocalService" do not require
a password.
- If you specify a user with even lower privileges than "NT
- AUTHORITY\NetworkService", you must specify its password. You
+ If you specify a user with even lower privileges than "NT
+ AUTHORITY\NetworkService", you must specify its password. You
also have to grant the "Log on as a service" right to that user.
@@ -658,53 +698,53 @@ SIGNALS
SIGTERM, SIGINT
- These signals cause vlmcsd to exit gracefully. All global sema‐
- phores and shared memory pages will be released, the pid file
- will be unlinked (deleted) and a shutdown message will be
+ These signals cause vlmcsd to exit gracefully. All global sema‐
+ phores and shared memory pages will be released, the pid file
+ will be unlinked (deleted) and a shutdown message will be
logged.
- SIGHUP Causes vlmcsd to be restarted completely. This is useful if you
- started vlmcsd with an ini file. You can modify the ini file
- while vlmcsd is running and then sending SIGHUP, e.g. by typing
- "killall -SIGHUP vlmcsd" or "kill -SIGHUP `cat /var/run/vlm‐
+ SIGHUP Causes vlmcsd to be restarted completely. This is useful if you
+ started vlmcsd with an ini file. You can modify the ini file
+ while vlmcsd is running and then sending SIGHUP, e.g. by typing
+ "killall -SIGHUP vlmcsd" or "kill -SIGHUP `cat /var/run/vlm‐
csd.pid`".
The SIGHUP handler has been implemented relatively simple. It is
- virtually the same as stopping vlmcsd and starting it again
+ virtually the same as stopping vlmcsd and starting it again
immediately with the following exceptions:
— The new process does not get a new process id.
- — If you used a pid file, it is not deleted and recreated
+ — If you used a pid file, it is not deleted and recreated
because the process id stays the same.
- — If you used the 'user' and/or 'group' directive in an ini
- file these are ignored. This is because once you switched to
+ — If you used the 'user' and/or 'group' directive in an ini
+ file these are ignored. This is because once you switched to
lower privileged users and groups, there is no way back. Any‐
thing else would be a severe security flaw in the OS.
- Signaling is not available in the native Windows version and in the
+ Signaling is not available in the native Windows version and in the
Cygwin version when it runs as Windows service.
SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS
- vlmcsd compiles and runs on Linux, Windows (no Cygwin required but
- explicitly supported), Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Dragonfly
- BSD, Minix, Solaris, OpenIndiana, Android and iOS. Other POSIX or
- unixoid OSses may work with unmodified sources or may require minor
+ vlmcsd compiles and runs on Linux, Windows (no Cygwin required but
+ explicitly supported), Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Dragonfly
+ BSD, Minix, Solaris, OpenIndiana, Android and iOS. Other POSIX or
+ unixoid OSses may work with unmodified sources or may require minor
porting efforts.
SUPPORTED PRODUCTS
- vlmcsd can answer activation requests for the following products: Win‐
+ vlmcsd can answer activation requests for the following products: Win‐
dows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (up to 1607),
- Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Win‐
- dows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Office 2010, Project 2010,
+ Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Win‐
+ dows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Office 2010, Project 2010,
Visio 2010, Office 2013, Project 2013, Visio 2013, Office 2016, Project
- 2016, Visio 2016. Newer version may work as long as the KMS protocol
- does not change. A complete list of fully supported products can be
+ 2016, Visio 2016. Newer version may work as long as the KMS protocol
+ does not change. A complete list of fully supported products can be
obtained using the -x option of vlmcs(1).
Office, Project and Visio must be volume license versions.
@@ -716,24 +756,24 @@ FILES
EXAMPLES
vlmcsd -De
- Starts vlmcsd in foreground. Useful if you use it for the first
- time and want to see what's happening when a client requests
+ Starts vlmcsd in foreground. Useful if you use it for the first
+ time and want to see what's happening when a client requests
activation.
vlmcsd -l /var/log/vlmcsd.log
- Starts vlmcsd as a daemon and logs everything to /var/log/vlm‐
+ Starts vlmcsd as a daemon and logs everything to /var/log/vlm‐
csd.log.
vlmcsd -L 192.168.1.17
Starts vlmcsd as a daemon and listens on IP address 192.168.1.17
- only. This is useful for routers that have a public and a pri‐
+ only. This is useful for routers that have a public and a pri‐
vate IP address to prevent your KMS server from becoming public.
vlmcsd -s -U /n -l C:\logs\vlmcsd.log
- Installs vlmcsd as a Windows service with low privileges and
+ Installs vlmcsd as a Windows service with low privileges and
logs everything to C:\logs\vlmcsd.log when the service is
started with "net start vlmcsd".
@@ -743,12 +783,12 @@ BUGS
AUTHOR
- Written by crony12, Hotbird64 and vityan666. With contributions from
+ Written by crony12, Hotbird64 and vityan666. With contributions from
DougQaid.
CREDITS
- Thanks to CODYQX4, deagles, eIcn, mikmik38, nosferati87, qad, Rati‐
+ Thanks to CODYQX4, deagles, eIcn, mikmik38, nosferati87, qad, Rati‐
borus, ...
@@ -757,4 +797,4 @@ SEE ALSO
-Hotbird64 December 2016 VLMCSD(8)
+Hotbird64 January 2017 VLMCSD(8)
diff --git a/man/vlmcsd.8.html b/man/vlmcsd.8.html
index ace7183..4d92509 100644
--- a/man/vlmcsd.8.html
+++ b/man/vlmcsd.8.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-
+
@@ -337,6 +337,52 @@ adapter Ethernet 7 with IPv4 address 192.168.123.1 and have
192.168.123.2 to 192.168.123.254 as additional local (but
apparently remote) IPv4 addresses.
+-x0 and -x1
+
+Controls under what
+circumstances vlmcsd will exit. Using the default of
+-x0 vlmcsd stays active as long as it can perform
+some useful operations. If vlmcsd is run by any form of a
+watchdog, e.g. NT service manager (Windows), systemd (Linux)
+or launchd (Mac OS / iOS), it may be desirable to end vlmcsd
+and let the watchdog restart it. This is especially true if
+some pre-requisites are not yet met but will be some time
+later, e.g. network is not yet fully setup.
+
+By using
+-x0 vlmcsd will
+
+exit if none of
+the listening sockets specified with -L can be used.
+It continues if at least one socket can be setup for
+listening.
+
+exit any TAP
+mirror thread (Windows version only) if there is an error
+condition while reading or writing from or to the VPN
+adapter but continue to work without utilizing a VPN
+adapter.
+
+By using
+-x1 vlmcsd will
+
+exit if not all
+listening sockets specified with -L can be used.
+
+exit completely
+if there is a problem with a VPN adapter it is using. This
+can happen for instance if the VPN adapter has been disabled
+using "Control Panel - Network - Adapter Settings"
+while vlmcsd is using it.
+
+Please note
+that -x1 is kind of a workaround option. While it may
+help under some circumstances, it is better to solve the
+problem at its origin, e.g. properly implementing
+dependencies in your startup script to ensure all network
+interfaces and the VPN adapter you will use are completely
+setup before you start vlmcsd.
+
-F0 and -F1
Allow (-F1) or disallow
diff --git a/man/vlmcsd.8.pdf b/man/vlmcsd.8.pdf
index b932c63..3b08ba4 100644
Binary files a/man/vlmcsd.8.pdf and b/man/vlmcsd.8.pdf differ
diff --git a/man/vlmcsd.8.unix.txt b/man/vlmcsd.8.unix.txt
index 9a8601d..987156f 100644
--- a/man/vlmcsd.8.unix.txt
+++ b/man/vlmcsd.8.unix.txt
@@ -224,49 +224,89 @@ OPTIONS
IPv4 addresses.
+ -x0 and -x1
+ Controls under what circumstances vlmcsd will exit. Using the
+ default of -x0 vlmcsd stays active as long as it can perform
+ some useful operations. If vlmcsd is run by any form of a watch‐
+ dog, e.g. NT service manager (Windows), systemd (Linux) or
+ launchd (Mac OS / iOS), it may be desirable to end vlmcsd and
+ let the watchdog restart it. This is especially true if some
+ pre-requisites are not yet met but will be some time later, e.g.
+ network is not yet fully setup.
+
+ By using -x0 vlmcsd will
+
+ exit if none of the listening sockets specified with -L can
+ be used. It continues if at least one socket can be setup
+ for listening.
+
+ exit any TAP mirror thread (Windows version only) if there
+ is an error condition while reading or writing from or to
+ the VPN adapter but continue to work without utilizing a
+ VPN adapter.
+
+ By using -x1 vlmcsd will
+
+ exit if not all listening sockets specified with -L can be
+ used.
+
+ exit completely if there is a problem with a VPN adapter it
+ is using. This can happen for instance if the VPN adapter
+ has been disabled using "Control Panel - Network - Adapter
+ Settings" while vlmcsd is using it.
+
+
+ Please note that -x1 is kind of a workaround option. While it
+ may help under some circumstances, it is better to solve the
+ problem at its origin, e.g. properly implementing dependencies
+ in your startup script to ensure all network interfaces and the
+ VPN adapter you will use are completely setup before you start
+ vlmcsd.
+
+
-F0 and -F1
- Allow (-F1) or disallow (-F0) binding to IP addresses that are
+ Allow (-F1) or disallow (-F0) binding to IP addresses that are
currently not configured on your system. The default is -F0. -F1
allows you to bind to an IP address that may be configured after
- you started vlmcsd. vlmcsd will listen on that address as soon
- as it becomes available. This feature is only available under
- Linux (IPv4 and IPv6) and FreeBSD (IPv4 only). FreeBSD allows
- this feature only for the root user (more correctly: processes
- that have the PRIV_NETINET_BINDANY privilege). Linux does not
+ you started vlmcsd. vlmcsd will listen on that address as soon
+ as it becomes available. This feature is only available under
+ Linux (IPv4 and IPv6) and FreeBSD (IPv4 only). FreeBSD allows
+ this feature only for the root user (more correctly: processes
+ that have the PRIV_NETINET_BINDANY privilege). Linux does not
require a capability for this.
-t seconds
- Timeout the TCP connection with the client after seconds sec‐
- onds. After sending an activation request. RPC keeps the TCP
+ Timeout the TCP connection with the client after seconds sec‐
+ onds. After sending an activation request. RPC keeps the TCP
connection for a while. The default is 30 seconds. You may spec‐
- ify a shorter period to free ressources on your device faster.
- This is useful for devices with limited main memory or if you
+ ify a shorter period to free ressources on your device faster.
+ This is useful for devices with limited main memory or if you
used -m to limit the concurrent clients that may request activa‐
- tion. Microsoft RPC clients disconnect after 30 seconds by
- default. Setting seconds to a greater value does not make much
+ tion. Microsoft RPC clients disconnect after 30 seconds by
+ default. Setting seconds to a greater value does not make much
sense.
-m concurrent-clients
- Limit the number of clients that will be handled concurrently.
+ Limit the number of clients that will be handled concurrently.
This is useful for devices with limited ressources or if you are
- experiencing DoS attacks that spawn thousands of threads or
- forked processes. If additional clients connect to vlmcsd, they
- need to wait until another client disconnects. If you set con‐
+ experiencing DoS attacks that spawn thousands of threads or
+ forked processes. If additional clients connect to vlmcsd, they
+ need to wait until another client disconnects. If you set con‐
current-clients to a small value ( <10 ), you should also select
- a reasonable timeout of 2 or 3 seconds with -t. The default is
+ a reasonable timeout of 2 or 3 seconds with -t. The default is
no limit.
- -d Disconnect each client after processing one activation request.
- This is a direct violation of DCE RPC but may help if you
- receive malicous fake RPC requests that block your threads or
- forked processes. Some other KMS emulators (e.g. py-kms) behave
+ -d Disconnect each client after processing one activation request.
+ This is a direct violation of DCE RPC but may help if you
+ receive malicous fake RPC requests that block your threads or
+ forked processes. Some other KMS emulators (e.g. py-kms) behave
this way.
- -k Do not disconnect clients after processing an activation
+ -k Do not disconnect clients after processing an activation
request. This selects the default behavior. -k is useful only if
you used an ini file (see vlmcsd.ini(5) and -i). If the ini file
contains the line "DisconnectClientsImmediately = true", you can
@@ -274,135 +314,135 @@ OPTIONS
-N0 and -N1
- Disables (-N0) or enables (-N1) the use of the NDR64 transfer
- syntax in the RPC protocol. Unlike Microsoft vlmcsd supports
+ Disables (-N0) or enables (-N1) the use of the NDR64 transfer
+ syntax in the RPC protocol. Unlike Microsoft vlmcsd supports
NDR64 on 32-bit operating systems. Microsoft introduced NDR64 in
- Windows Vista but their KMS servers started using it with Win‐
- dows 8. Thus if you choose random ePIDs, vlmcsd will select
- ePIDs with build numbers 9200 and 9600 if you enable NDR64 and
+ Windows Vista but their KMS servers started using it with Win‐
+ dows 8. Thus if you choose random ePIDs, vlmcsd will select
+ ePIDs with build numbers 9200 and 9600 if you enable NDR64 and
build numbers 6002 and 7601 if you disable NDR64. The default is
to enable NDR64.
-B0 and -B1
- Disables (-B0) or enables (-B1) bind time feature negotiation
+ Disables (-B0) or enables (-B1) bind time feature negotiation
(BTFN) in the RPC protocol. All Windows operating systems start‐
- ing with Vista support BTFN and try to negotiate it when initi‐
+ ing with Vista support BTFN and try to negotiate it when initi‐
ating an RPC connection. Thus consider turning it off as a debug
/ troubleshooting feature only. Some older firewalls that selec‐
- tively block or redirect RPC traffic may get confused when they
+ tively block or redirect RPC traffic may get confused when they
detect NDR64 or BTFN.
-l filename
Use filename as a log file. The log file records all activations
- with IP address, Windows workstation name (no reverse DNS
- lookup), activated product, KMS protocol, time and date. If you
+ with IP address, Windows workstation name (no reverse DNS
+ lookup), activated product, KMS protocol, time and date. If you
do not specify a log file, no log is created. For a live view of
the log file type tail -f file.
- If you use the special filename "syslog", vlmcsd uses syslog(3)
- for logging. If your system has no syslog service (/dev/log)
- installed, logging output will go to /dev/console. Syslog log‐
- ging is not available in the native Windows version. The Cygwin
+ If you use the special filename "syslog", vlmcsd uses syslog(3)
+ for logging. If your system has no syslog service (/dev/log)
+ installed, logging output will go to /dev/console. Syslog log‐
+ ging is not available in the native Windows version. The Cygwin
version does support syslog logging.
-T0 and -T1
- Disable (-T0) or enable (-T1) the inclusion of date and time in
- each line of the log. The default is -T1. -T0 is useful if you
- log to stdout(3) which is redirected to another logging mecha‐
- nism that already includes date and time in its output, for
- instance systemd-journald(8). If you log to syslog(3), -T1 is
- ignored and date and time will never be included in the output
+ Disable (-T0) or enable (-T1) the inclusion of date and time in
+ each line of the log. The default is -T1. -T0 is useful if you
+ log to stdout(3) which is redirected to another logging mecha‐
+ nism that already includes date and time in its output, for
+ instance systemd-journald(8). If you log to syslog(3), -T1 is
+ ignored and date and time will never be included in the output
sent to syslog(3).
- -D Normally vlmcsd daemonizes and runs in background (except the
- native Windows version). If -D is specified, vlmcsd does not
+ -D Normally vlmcsd daemonizes and runs in background (except the
+ native Windows version). If -D is specified, vlmcsd does not
daemonize and runs in foreground. This is useful for testing and
allows you to simply press to exit vlmcsd.
- The native Windows version never daemonizes and always behaves
+ The native Windows version never daemonizes and always behaves
as if -D had been specified. You may want to install vlmcsd as a
service instead. See -s.
-e If specified, vlmcsd ignores -l and writes all logging output to
- stdout(3). This is mainly useful for testing and debugging and
+ stdout(3). This is mainly useful for testing and debugging and
often combined with -D.
- -v Use verbose logging. Logs every parameter of the base request
- and the base response. It also logs the HWID of the KMS server
- if KMS protocol version 6 is used. This option is mainly for
- debugging purposes. It only has an effect if some form of log‐
- ging is used. Thus -v does not make sense if not used with -l,
+ -v Use verbose logging. Logs every parameter of the base request
+ and the base response. It also logs the HWID of the KMS server
+ if KMS protocol version 6 is used. This option is mainly for
+ debugging purposes. It only has an effect if some form of log‐
+ ging is used. Thus -v does not make sense if not used with -l,
-e or -f.
- -q Do not use verbose logging. This is actually the default behav‐
+ -q Do not use verbose logging. This is actually the default behav‐
ior. It only makes sense if you use vlmcsd with an ini file (see
- -i and vlmcsd.ini(5)). If the ini file contains the line
+ -i and vlmcsd.ini(5)). If the ini file contains the line
"LogVerbose = true" you can use -q to restore the default behav‐
ior.
-p filename
Create pid file filename. This has nothing to do with KMS ePIDs.
- A pid file is a file where vlmcsd writes its own process id.
- This is used by standard init scripts (typically found in
+ A pid file is a file where vlmcsd writes its own process id.
+ This is used by standard init scripts (typically found in
/etc/init.d). The default is not to write a pid file.
-u user and -g group
- Causes vlmcsd to run in the specified user and group security
- context. The main purpose for this is to drop root privileges
- after it has been started from the root account. To use this
- feature from cygwin you must run cyglsa-config and the account
- from which vlmcsd is started must have the rights "Act as part
- of the operating system" and "Replace a process level token".
+ Causes vlmcsd to run in the specified user and group security
+ context. The main purpose for this is to drop root privileges
+ after it has been started from the root account. To use this
+ feature from cygwin you must run cyglsa-config and the account
+ from which vlmcsd is started must have the rights "Act as part
+ of the operating system" and "Replace a process level token".
The native Windows version does not support these options.
- The actual security context switch is performed after the TCP
- sockets have been created. This allows you to use privileged
+ The actual security context switch is performed after the TCP
+ sockets have been created. This allows you to use privileged
ports (< 1024) when you start vlmcsd from the root account.
However if you use an ini, pid or log file, you must ensure that
- the unprivileged user has access to these files. You can always
- log to syslog(3) from an unprivileged account on most platforms
+ the unprivileged user has access to these files. You can always
+ log to syslog(3) from an unprivileged account on most platforms
(see -l).
-w ePID
- Use ePID as Windows ePID. If specified, -r is disregarded for
+ Use ePID as Windows ePID. If specified, -r is disregarded for
Windows.
-0 ePID
- Use ePID as Office 2010 ePID (including Project and Visio). If
+ Use ePID as Office 2010 ePID (including Project and Visio). If
specified, -r is disregarded for Office 2010.
-3 ePID
- Use ePID as Office 2013 ePID (including Project and Visio). If
+ Use ePID as Office 2013 ePID (including Project and Visio). If
specified, -r is disregarded for Office 2013.
-6 ePID
- Use ePID as Office 2016 ePID (including Project and Visio). If
+ Use ePID as Office 2016 ePID (including Project and Visio). If
specified, -r is disregarded for Office 2016.
-H HwId
- Use HwId for all products. All HWIDs in the ini file (see -i)
+ Use HwId for all products. All HWIDs in the ini file (see -i)
will not be used. In an ini file you can specify a seperate HWID
- for each application-guid. This is not possible when entering a
+ for each application-guid. This is not possible when entering a
HWID from the command line.
- HwId must be specified as 16 hex digits that are interpreted as
- a series of 8 bytes (big endian). Any character that is not a
- hex digit will be ignored. This is for better readability. The
+ HwId must be specified as 16 hex digits that are interpreted as
+ a series of 8 bytes (big endian). Any character that is not a
+ hex digit will be ignored. This is for better readability. The
following commands are identical:
vlmcsd -H 0123456789ABCDEF
@@ -411,26 +451,26 @@ OPTIONS
-i filename
- Use configuration file (aka ini file) filename. Most configura‐
+ Use configuration file (aka ini file) filename. Most configura‐
tion parameters can be set either via the command line or an ini
- file. The command line always has precedence over configuration
- items in the ini file. See vlmcsd.ini(5) for the format of the
+ file. The command line always has precedence over configuration
+ items in the ini file. See vlmcsd.ini(5) for the format of the
configuration file.
- If vlmcsd has been compiled to use a default configuration file
- (often /etc/vlmcsd.ini), you may use -i- to ignore the default
+ If vlmcsd has been compiled to use a default configuration file
+ (often /etc/vlmcsd.ini), you may use -i- to ignore the default
configuration file.
-j filename
- Use KMS data file filename. By default vlmcsd only contains the
- minimum product data that is required to perform all operations
- correctly. You may use a more complete KMS data file that con‐
- tains all detailed product names. This is especially useful if
+ Use KMS data file filename. By default vlmcsd only contains the
+ minimum product data that is required to perform all operations
+ correctly. You may use a more complete KMS data file that con‐
+ tains all detailed product names. This is especially useful if
you are logging KMS requests. If you don't log, there is no need
to load an external KMS data file.
- If vlmcsd has been compiled to use a default KMS data file, you
+ If vlmcsd has been compiled to use a default KMS data file, you
may use -j- to ignore the default configuration file.
@@ -440,112 +480,112 @@ OPTIONS
- you did not sprecify an ePID in the command line and
- you haven't used -i or
- the file specified by -i cannot be opened or
- - the file specified by -i does not contain an ePID for the KMS
+ - the file specified by -i does not contain an ePID for the KMS
request
- -r0 means there are no random ePIDs. vlmcsd simply issues
- default ePIDs that are built into the binary at compile time.
- Pro: behaves like real KMS server that also always issues the
- same ePID. Con: Microsoft may start blacklisting again and the
+ -r0 means there are no random ePIDs. vlmcsd simply issues
+ default ePIDs that are built into the binary at compile time.
+ Pro: behaves like real KMS server that also always issues the
+ same ePID. Con: Microsoft may start blacklisting again and the
default ePID may not work any longer.
- -r1 instructs vlmcsd to generate random ePIDs when the program
+ -r1 instructs vlmcsd to generate random ePIDs when the program
starts or receives a SIGHUP signal and uses these ePIDs until it
- is stopped or receives another SIGHUP. Most other KMS emulators
- generate a new ePID on every KMS request. This is easily
+ is stopped or receives another SIGHUP. Most other KMS emulators
+ generate a new ePID on every KMS request. This is easily
detectable. Microsoft could just modify sppsvc.exe in a way that
- it always sends two identical KMS requests in two RPC requests
- but over the same TCP connection. If both KMS responses contain
- the different ePIDs, the KMS server is not genuine. -r1 is the
- default mode. -r1 also ensures that all three ePIDs (Windows,
- Office 2010 and Office 2013) use the same OS build number and
+ it always sends two identical KMS requests in two RPC requests
+ but over the same TCP connection. If both KMS responses contain
+ the different ePIDs, the KMS server is not genuine. -r1 is the
+ default mode. -r1 also ensures that all three ePIDs (Windows,
+ Office 2010 and Office 2013) use the same OS build number and
LCID (language id).
If vlmcsd has been started by an internet superserver, -r1 works
almost identically to -r2. The only exception occurs if you send
- more than one activation request over the same TCP connection.
- This is simply due to the fact that vlmcsd is started upon a
+ more than one activation request over the same TCP connection.
+ This is simply due to the fact that vlmcsd is started upon a
connection request and does not stay in memory after servicing a
KMS request. Consider using -r0 or -w, -0, -3 and -6 when start‐
ing vlmcsd by an internet superserver.
- -r2 behaves like most other KMS server emulators with random
- support and generates a new random ePID on every request. -r2
- should be treated as debugging option only because it allows
+ -r2 behaves like most other KMS server emulators with random
+ support and generates a new random ePID on every request. -r2
+ should be treated as debugging option only because it allows
very easy emulator detection.
-C LCID
- Do not randomize the locale id part of the ePID and use LCID
- instead. The LCID must be specified as a decimal number, e.g.
- 1049 for "Russian - Russia". This option has no effect if the
- ePID is not randomized at all, e.g. if it is selected from the
+ Do not randomize the locale id part of the ePID and use LCID
+ instead. The LCID must be specified as a decimal number, e.g.
+ 1049 for "Russian - Russia". This option has no effect if the
+ ePID is not randomized at all, e.g. if it is selected from the
command line or an ini file.
By default vlmcsd generates a valid locale id that is recognized
- by .NET Framework 4.0. This may lead to a locale id which is
+ by .NET Framework 4.0. This may lead to a locale id which is
unlikely to occur in your country, for instance 2155 for "Quecha
- Ecuador". You may want to select the locale id of your country
instead. See MSDN ⟨http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/
- bb964664.aspx⟩ for a list of valid LCIDs. Please note that some
+ bb964664.aspx⟩ for a list of valid LCIDs. Please note that some
of them are not recognized by .NET Framework 4.0.
- Most other KMS emulators use a fixed LCID of 1033 (English -
+ Most other KMS emulators use a fixed LCID of 1033 (English -
US). To achive the same behavior in vlmcsd use -C 1033.
-K0, -K1, -K2 and -K3
- Sets the whitelisting level to determine which products vlmcsd
+ Sets the whitelisting level to determine which products vlmcsd
activates or refuses. The default is -K0.
- -K0: activate all products with an unknown, retail or
+ -K0: activate all products with an unknown, retail or
beta/preview KMS ID.
-K1: activate products with a retail or beta/preview KMS ID
but refuse to activate products with an unknown KMS ID.
- -K2: activate products with an unknown KMS ID but refuse
+ -K2: activate products with an unknown KMS ID but refuse
products with a retail or beta/preview KMS ID.
-K3: activate only products with a known volume license RTM
KMS ID and refuse all others.
- The SKU ID is not checked. Like a genuine KMS server vlmcsd
- activates a product that has a random or unknown SKU ID. If you
- select -K1 or -K3, vlmcsd also checks the Application ID for
- correctness. If Microsoft introduces a new KMS ID for a new
- product, you cannot activate it if you used -K1 or -K3 until a
+ The SKU ID is not checked. Like a genuine KMS server vlmcsd
+ activates a product that has a random or unknown SKU ID. If you
+ select -K1 or -K3, vlmcsd also checks the Application ID for
+ correctness. If Microsoft introduces a new KMS ID for a new
+ product, you cannot activate it if you used -K1 or -K3 until a
new version of vlmcsd is available.
-c0 and -c1
- -c1 causes vlmcsd to check if the client time differs no more
+ -c1 causes vlmcsd to check if the client time differs no more
than four hours from the system time. -c0 (the default) disables
- this check. -c1 is useful to prevent emulator detection. A
- client that tries to detect an emulator could simply send two
- subsequent request with two time stamps that differ more than
+ this check. -c1 is useful to prevent emulator detection. A
+ client that tries to detect an emulator could simply send two
+ subsequent request with two time stamps that differ more than
four hours from each other. If both requests succeed, the server
- is an emulator. If you specify -c1 on a system with no reliable
- time source, activations will fail. It is ok to set the correct
+ is an emulator. If you specify -c1 on a system with no reliable
+ time source, activations will fail. It is ok to set the correct
system time after you started vlmcsd.
-M0 and -M1
- Disables (-M0) or enables (-M1) maintaining a list of client
- machine IDs (CMIDs). The default is -M0. -M1 is useful to pre‐
- vent emulator detection. By maintaing a CMID list, vlmcsd
+ Disables (-M0) or enables (-M1) maintaining a list of client
+ machine IDs (CMIDs). The default is -M0. -M1 is useful to pre‐
+ vent emulator detection. By maintaing a CMID list, vlmcsd
reports current active clients exactly like a genuine KMS emula‐
- tor. This includes bug compatibility to the extent that you can
- permanently kill a genuine KMS emulator by sending an "over‐
- charge request" with a required client count of 376 or more and
- then request activation for 671 clients. vlmcsd can be reset
- from this condition by restarting it. If -M0 is used, vlmcsd
+ tor. This includes bug compatibility to the extent that you can
+ permanently kill a genuine KMS emulator by sending an "over‐
+ charge request" with a required client count of 376 or more and
+ then request activation for 671 clients. vlmcsd can be reset
+ from this condition by restarting it. If -M0 is used, vlmcsd
reports current active clients as good as possible. If no client
sends an "overcharge request", it is not possible to detect vlm‐
- csd as an emulator with -M0. -M1 requires the allocation of a
- buffer that is about 50 kB in size. On hardware with few memory
+ csd as an emulator with -M0. -M1 requires the allocation of a
+ buffer that is about 50 kB in size. On hardware with few memory
resources use it only if you really need it.
- If you start vlmcsd from an internet superserver, -M1 cannot be
- used. Since vlmcsd exits after each activation, it cannot main‐
+ If you start vlmcsd from an internet superserver, -M1 cannot be
+ used. Since vlmcsd exits after each activation, it cannot main‐
tain any state in memory.
@@ -553,82 +593,82 @@ OPTIONS
These options are ignored if you do not also specify -M1. If you
use -E0 (the default), vlmcsd starts up as a fully "charged" KMS
server. Clients activate immediately. -E1 lets you start up vlm‐
- csd with an empty CMID list. Activation will start when the
- required minimum clients (25 for Windows Client OSses, 5 for
- Windows Server OSses and Office) have registered with the KMS
- server. As long as the minimum client count has not been
+ csd with an empty CMID list. Activation will start when the
+ required minimum clients (25 for Windows Client OSses, 5 for
+ Windows Server OSses and Office) have registered with the KMS
+ server. As long as the minimum client count has not been
reached, clients end up in HRESULT 0xC004F038 "The count
- reported by your Key Management Service (KMS) is insufficient.
- Please contact your system administrator". You may use vlmcs(1)
- or another KMS client emulator to "charge" vlmcsd. -E1 does not
- improve emulator detection prevention. It's primary purpose is
- to help developers of KMS clients to test "charging" a KMS
+ reported by your Key Management Service (KMS) is insufficient.
+ Please contact your system administrator". You may use vlmcs(1)
+ or another KMS client emulator to "charge" vlmcsd. -E1 does not
+ improve emulator detection prevention. It's primary purpose is
+ to help developers of KMS clients to test "charging" a KMS
server.
-R renewal-interval
- Instructs clients to renew activation every renewal-interval.
+ Instructs clients to renew activation every renewal-interval.
The renewal-interval is a number optionally immediately followed
- by a letter indicating the unit. Valid unit letters are s (sec‐
+ by a letter indicating the unit. Valid unit letters are s (sec‐
onds), m (minutes), h (hours), d (days) and w (weeks). If you do
not specify a letter, minutes is assumed.
- -R3d for instance instructs clients to renew activation every 3
+ -R3d for instance instructs clients to renew activation every 3
days. The default renewal-interval is 10080 (identical to 7d and
1w).
Due to poor implementation of Microsofts KMS Client it cannot be
guaranteed that activation is renewed on time as specfied by the
- -R option. Don't care about that. Renewal will happen well
+ -R option. Don't care about that. Renewal will happen well
before your activation expires (usually 180 days).
- Even though you can specify seconds, the granularity of this
- option is 1 minute. Seconds are rounded down to the next multi‐
+ Even though you can specify seconds, the granularity of this
+ option is 1 minute. Seconds are rounded down to the next multi‐
ple of 60.
-A activation-interval
- Instructs clients to retry activation every activation-interval
- if it was unsuccessful, e.g. because it could not reach the
- server. The default is 120 (identical to 2h). activation-inter‐
- val follows the same syntax as renewal-interval in the -R
+ Instructs clients to retry activation every activation-interval
+ if it was unsuccessful, e.g. because it could not reach the
+ server. The default is 120 (identical to 2h). activation-inter‐
+ val follows the same syntax as renewal-interval in the -R
option.
- -s Installs vlmcsd as a Windows service. This option only works
- with the native Windows version and Cygwin. Combine -s with
- other command line options. These will be in effect when you
- start the service. The service automatically starts when you
- reboot your machine. To start it manually, type "net start vlm‐
+ -s Installs vlmcsd as a Windows service. This option only works
+ with the native Windows version and Cygwin. Combine -s with
+ other command line options. These will be in effect when you
+ start the service. The service automatically starts when you
+ reboot your machine. To start it manually, type "net start vlm‐
csd".
- If you use Cygwin, you must include your Cygwin system DLL
- directory (usually C:\Cygwin\bin or C:\Cygwin64\bin) into the
+ If you use Cygwin, you must include your Cygwin system DLL
+ directory (usually C:\Cygwin\bin or C:\Cygwin64\bin) into the
PATH environment variable or the service will not start.
- You can reinstall the service anytime using vlmcsd -s again,
- e.g. with a different command line. If the service is running,
+ You can reinstall the service anytime using vlmcsd -s again,
+ e.g. with a different command line. If the service is running,
it will be restarted with the new command line.
- When using -s the command line is checked for basic syntax
+ When using -s the command line is checked for basic syntax
errors only. For example "vlmcsd -s -L 1.2.3.4" reports no error
- but the service will not start if 1.2.3.4 is not an IP address
+ but the service will not start if 1.2.3.4 is not an IP address
on your system.
- -S Uninstalls the vlmcsd service. Works only with the native Win‐
- dows version and Cygwin. All other options will be ignored if
+ -S Uninstalls the vlmcsd service. Works only with the native Win‐
+ dows version and Cygwin. All other options will be ignored if
you include -S in the command line.
-U [domain\]username
- Can only be used together with -s. Starts the service as a dif‐
- ferent user than the local SYSTEM account. This is used to run
- the service under an account with low privileges. If you omit
+ Can only be used together with -s. Starts the service as a dif‐
+ ferent user than the local SYSTEM account. This is used to run
+ the service under an account with low privileges. If you omit
the domain, an account from the local computer will be used.
You may use "NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService". This is a pseudo user
- with low privileges. You may also use "NT AUTHORITY\LocalSer‐
+ with low privileges. You may also use "NT AUTHORITY\LocalSer‐
vice" which has more privileges but these are of no use for run‐
ning vlmcsd.
@@ -636,20 +676,20 @@ OPTIONS
sion for your executable. "NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService" normally
has no permission to run binaries from your home directory.
- For your convenience you can use the special username "/l" as a
+ For your convenience you can use the special username "/l" as a
shortcut for "NT AUTHORITY\LocalService" and "/n" for "NT
- AUTHORITY\NetworkService". "vlmcsd -s -U /n" installs the ser‐
+ AUTHORITY\NetworkService". "vlmcsd -s -U /n" installs the ser‐
vice to run as "NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService".
-W password
- Can only be used together with -s. Specifies a password for the
- corresponding username you use with -U. SYSTEM, "NT AUTHOR‐
- ITY\NetworkService", "NT AUTHORITY\LocalService" do not require
+ Can only be used together with -s. Specifies a password for the
+ corresponding username you use with -U. SYSTEM, "NT AUTHOR‐
+ ITY\NetworkService", "NT AUTHORITY\LocalService" do not require
a password.
- If you specify a user with even lower privileges than "NT
- AUTHORITY\NetworkService", you must specify its password. You
+ If you specify a user with even lower privileges than "NT
+ AUTHORITY\NetworkService", you must specify its password. You
also have to grant the "Log on as a service" right to that user.
@@ -658,53 +698,53 @@ SIGNALS
SIGTERM, SIGINT
- These signals cause vlmcsd to exit gracefully. All global sema‐
- phores and shared memory pages will be released, the pid file
- will be unlinked (deleted) and a shutdown message will be
+ These signals cause vlmcsd to exit gracefully. All global sema‐
+ phores and shared memory pages will be released, the pid file
+ will be unlinked (deleted) and a shutdown message will be
logged.
- SIGHUP Causes vlmcsd to be restarted completely. This is useful if you
- started vlmcsd with an ini file. You can modify the ini file
- while vlmcsd is running and then sending SIGHUP, e.g. by typing
- "killall -SIGHUP vlmcsd" or "kill -SIGHUP `cat /var/run/vlm‐
+ SIGHUP Causes vlmcsd to be restarted completely. This is useful if you
+ started vlmcsd with an ini file. You can modify the ini file
+ while vlmcsd is running and then sending SIGHUP, e.g. by typing
+ "killall -SIGHUP vlmcsd" or "kill -SIGHUP `cat /var/run/vlm‐
csd.pid`".
The SIGHUP handler has been implemented relatively simple. It is
- virtually the same as stopping vlmcsd and starting it again
+ virtually the same as stopping vlmcsd and starting it again
immediately with the following exceptions:
— The new process does not get a new process id.
- — If you used a pid file, it is not deleted and recreated
+ — If you used a pid file, it is not deleted and recreated
because the process id stays the same.
- — If you used the 'user' and/or 'group' directive in an ini
- file these are ignored. This is because once you switched to
+ — If you used the 'user' and/or 'group' directive in an ini
+ file these are ignored. This is because once you switched to
lower privileged users and groups, there is no way back. Any‐
thing else would be a severe security flaw in the OS.
- Signaling is not available in the native Windows version and in the
+ Signaling is not available in the native Windows version and in the
Cygwin version when it runs as Windows service.
SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS
- vlmcsd compiles and runs on Linux, Windows (no Cygwin required but
- explicitly supported), Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Dragonfly
- BSD, Minix, Solaris, OpenIndiana, Android and iOS. Other POSIX or
- unixoid OSses may work with unmodified sources or may require minor
+ vlmcsd compiles and runs on Linux, Windows (no Cygwin required but
+ explicitly supported), Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Dragonfly
+ BSD, Minix, Solaris, OpenIndiana, Android and iOS. Other POSIX or
+ unixoid OSses may work with unmodified sources or may require minor
porting efforts.
SUPPORTED PRODUCTS
- vlmcsd can answer activation requests for the following products: Win‐
+ vlmcsd can answer activation requests for the following products: Win‐
dows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (up to 1607),
- Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Win‐
- dows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Office 2010, Project 2010,
+ Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Win‐
+ dows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Office 2010, Project 2010,
Visio 2010, Office 2013, Project 2013, Visio 2013, Office 2016, Project
- 2016, Visio 2016. Newer version may work as long as the KMS protocol
- does not change. A complete list of fully supported products can be
+ 2016, Visio 2016. Newer version may work as long as the KMS protocol
+ does not change. A complete list of fully supported products can be
obtained using the -x option of vlmcs(1).
Office, Project and Visio must be volume license versions.
@@ -716,24 +756,24 @@ FILES
EXAMPLES
vlmcsd -De
- Starts vlmcsd in foreground. Useful if you use it for the first
- time and want to see what's happening when a client requests
+ Starts vlmcsd in foreground. Useful if you use it for the first
+ time and want to see what's happening when a client requests
activation.
vlmcsd -l /var/log/vlmcsd.log
- Starts vlmcsd as a daemon and logs everything to /var/log/vlm‐
+ Starts vlmcsd as a daemon and logs everything to /var/log/vlm‐
csd.log.
vlmcsd -L 192.168.1.17
Starts vlmcsd as a daemon and listens on IP address 192.168.1.17
- only. This is useful for routers that have a public and a pri‐
+ only. This is useful for routers that have a public and a pri‐
vate IP address to prevent your KMS server from becoming public.
vlmcsd -s -U /n -l C:\logs\vlmcsd.log
- Installs vlmcsd as a Windows service with low privileges and
+ Installs vlmcsd as a Windows service with low privileges and
logs everything to C:\logs\vlmcsd.log when the service is
started with "net start vlmcsd".
@@ -743,12 +783,12 @@ BUGS
AUTHOR
- Written by crony12, Hotbird64 and vityan666. With contributions from
+ Written by crony12, Hotbird64 and vityan666. With contributions from
DougQaid.
CREDITS
- Thanks to CODYQX4, deagles, eIcn, mikmik38, nosferati87, qad, Rati‐
+ Thanks to CODYQX4, deagles, eIcn, mikmik38, nosferati87, qad, Rati‐
borus, ...
@@ -757,4 +797,4 @@ SEE ALSO
-Hotbird64 December 2016 VLMCSD(8)
+Hotbird64 January 2017 VLMCSD(8)
diff --git a/man/vlmcsd.ini.5 b/man/vlmcsd.ini.5
index 25cc785..f36b7cd 100644
--- a/man/vlmcsd.ini.5
+++ b/man/vlmcsd.ini.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH VLMCSD.INI 5 "December 2016" "Hotbird64" "KMS Activation Manual"
+.TH VLMCSD.INI 5 "January 2017" "Hotbird64" "KMS Activation Manual"
.LO 8
.SH NAME
@@ -79,6 +79,28 @@ It is advised not to manually configure your OpenVPN TAP or TeamViewer VPN adapt
You should be aware that only one program can use a VPN adapter at a time. If you use the TeamViewer VPN adapter for example, you will not be able to use the VPN feature of TeamViewer as long as vlmcsd is running. The same applies to OpenVPN TAP adapters that are in use by other programs (for example OpenVPN, QEMU, Ratiborus VM, aiccu, etc.). The best way to avoid conflicts is to install Tap-Windows from OpenVPN, cd to C:\\Program Files\\TAP-Windows\\bin and run addtap.bat to install an additional TAP adapter. Go to "Network Connections" and rename the new adapter to "vlmcsd" and specify \fBVPN=vlmcsd\fR to use it.
+.IP "\fBExitLevel"
+Can be either 0 (the default) or 1. Controls under what circumstances vlmcsd will exit. Using the default of \fB0\fR vlmcsd stays active as long as it can perform some useful operations. If vlmcsd is run by any form of a watchdog, e.g. NT service manager (Windows), systemd (Linux) or launchd (Mac OS / iOS), it may be desirable to end vlmcsd and let the watchdog restart it. This is especially true if some pre-requisites are not yet met but will be some time later, e.g. network is not yet fully setup.
+
+By using \fBExitLevel = 0\fR vlmcsd will
+
+.RS 12
+exit if none of the listening sockets specified with \fB-L\fR can be used. It continues if at least one socket can be setup for listening.
+
+exit any TAP mirror thread (Windows version only) if there is an error condition while reading or writing from or to the VPN adapter but continue to work without utilizing a VPN adapter.
+.RE
+.IP
+By using \fBExitLevel = 1\fR vlmcsd will
+
+.RS 12
+exit if not all listening sockets specified with \fB-L\fR can be used.
+
+exit completely if there is a problem with a VPN adapter it is using. This may happen for instance if the VPN adapter has been disabled using "Control Panel - Network - Adapter Settings" while vlmcsd is using it.
+
+.RE
+.IP
+Please note that \fBExitLevel = 1\fR is kind of a workaround option. While it may help under some circumstances, it is better to solve the problem at its origin, e.g. properly implementing dependencies in your startup script to ensure all network interfaces and the VPN adapter you will use are completely setup before you start vlmcsd.
+
.IP "\fBUseNDR64\fR"
Can be TRUE or FALSE. Specifies whether you want to use the NDR64 transfer syntax. See options \fB-n0\fR and \fB-n1\fR in \fBvlmcsd\fR(8). The default is TRUE.
diff --git a/man/vlmcsd.ini.5.dos.txt b/man/vlmcsd.ini.5.dos.txt
index 926dacf..4cf7758 100644
--- a/man/vlmcsd.ini.5.dos.txt
+++ b/man/vlmcsd.ini.5.dos.txt
@@ -171,261 +171,301 @@ KEYWORDS
new adapter to "vlmcsd" and specify VPN=vlmcsd to use it.
+ ExitLevel
+ Can be either 0 (the default) or 1. Controls under what circum‐
+ stances vlmcsd will exit. Using the default of 0 vlmcsd stays
+ active as long as it can perform some useful operations. If vlm‐
+ csd is run by any form of a watchdog, e.g. NT service manager
+ (Windows), systemd (Linux) or launchd (Mac OS / iOS), it may be
+ desirable to end vlmcsd and let the watchdog restart it. This is
+ especially true if some pre-requisites are not yet met but will
+ be some time later, e.g. network is not yet fully setup.
+
+ By using ExitLevel = 0 vlmcsd will
+
+ exit if none of the listening sockets specified with -L can
+ be used. It continues if at least one socket can be setup
+ for listening.
+
+ exit any TAP mirror thread (Windows version only) if there
+ is an error condition while reading or writing from or to
+ the VPN adapter but continue to work without utilizing a
+ VPN adapter.
+
+ By using ExitLevel = 1 vlmcsd will
+
+ exit if not all listening sockets specified with -L can be
+ used.
+
+ exit completely if there is a problem with a VPN adapter it
+ is using. This may happen for instance if the VPN adapter
+ has been disabled using "Control Panel - Network - Adapter
+ Settings" while vlmcsd is using it.
+
+
+ Please note that ExitLevel = 1 is kind of a workaround option.
+ While it may help under some circumstances, it is better to
+ solve the problem at its origin, e.g. properly implementing
+ dependencies in your startup script to ensure all network inter‐
+ faces and the VPN adapter you will use are completely setup
+ before you start vlmcsd.
+
+
UseNDR64
- Can be TRUE or FALSE. Specifies whether you want to use the
+ Can be TRUE or FALSE. Specifies whether you want to use the
NDR64 transfer syntax. See options -n0 and -n1 in vlmcsd(8). The
default is TRUE.
UseBTFN
- Can be TRUE or FALSE. Specifies whether you want to use bind
+ Can be TRUE or FALSE. Specifies whether you want to use bind
time feature negotiation in RPC. See options -b0 and -b1 in vlm‐
csd(8). The default is TRUE.
RandomizationLevel
- The argument must 0, 1 or 2. This specifies the ePID randomiza‐
- tion level. See options -r0, -r1 and -r2 in vlmcsd(8). The
- default randomization level is 1. A RandomizationLevel of 2 is
+ The argument must 0, 1 or 2. This specifies the ePID randomiza‐
+ tion level. See options -r0, -r1 and -r2 in vlmcsd(8). The
+ default randomization level is 1. A RandomizationLevel of 2 is
not recommended and should be treated as a debugging level.
LCID Use a specific culture id (LCID) even if the ePID is randomized.
- The argument must be a number between 1 and 32767. While any
+ The argument must be a number between 1 and 32767. While any
number in that range is valid, you should use an offcial LCID. A
- list of assigned LCIDs can be found at http://msdn.micro‐
- soft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964664.aspx. On the command line you
+ list of assigned LCIDs can be found at http://msdn.micro‐
+ soft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964664.aspx. On the command line you
control this setting with option -C.
MaxWorkers
The argument specifies the maximum number of worker processes or
- threads that will be used to serve activation requests concur‐
- rently. This is the same as specifying -m on the command line.
- Minimum is 1. The maximum is platform specific and is at least
- 32767 but is likely to be greater on most systems. The default
+ threads that will be used to serve activation requests concur‐
+ rently. This is the same as specifying -m on the command line.
+ Minimum is 1. The maximum is platform specific and is at least
+ 32767 but is likely to be greater on most systems. The default
is no limit.
ConnectionTimeout
- Used to control when the vlmcsd disconnects idle TPC connec‐
+ Used to control when the vlmcsd disconnects idle TPC connec‐
tions. The default is 30 seconds. This is the same setting as -t
on the command line.
DisconnectClientsImmediately
- Set this to TRUE to disconnect a client after it got an activa‐
- tion response regardless whether a timeout has occured or not.
- The default is FALSE. Setting this to TRUE is non-standard
- behavior. Use only if you are experiencing DoS or DDoS attacks.
- On the command line you control this behavior with options -d
+ Set this to TRUE to disconnect a client after it got an activa‐
+ tion response regardless whether a timeout has occured or not.
+ The default is FALSE. Setting this to TRUE is non-standard
+ behavior. Use only if you are experiencing DoS or DDoS attacks.
+ On the command line you control this behavior with options -d
and -k.
PidFile
- Write a pid file. The argument is the full pathname of a pid
- file. The pid file contains is single line containing the
- process id of the vlmcsd process. It can be used to stop
- (SIGTERM) or restart (SIGHUP) vlmcsd. This directive can be
+ Write a pid file. The argument is the full pathname of a pid
+ file. The pid file contains is single line containing the
+ process id of the vlmcsd process. It can be used to stop
+ (SIGTERM) or restart (SIGHUP) vlmcsd. This directive can be
overriden using -p on the command line.
LogFile
- Write a log file. The argument is the full pathname of a log
- file. On a unixoid OS and with Cygwin you can use the special
- filename 'syslog' to log to the syslog facility. This is the
+ Write a log file. The argument is the full pathname of a log
+ file. On a unixoid OS and with Cygwin you can use the special
+ filename 'syslog' to log to the syslog facility. This is the
same as specifying -l on the command line.
KmsData
- Use a KMS data file. The argument is the full pathname of a KMS
- data file. By default vlmcsd only contains the minimum product
- data that is required to perform all operations correctly. You
+ Use a KMS data file. The argument is the full pathname of a KMS
+ data file. By default vlmcsd only contains the minimum product
+ data that is required to perform all operations correctly. You
may use a more complete KMS data file that contains all detailed
- product names. This is especially useful if you are logging KMS
+ product names. This is especially useful if you are logging KMS
requests. If you don't log, there is no need to load an external
KMS data file.
- You may use KmsData = - to prevent the default KMS data file to
+ You may use KmsData = - to prevent the default KMS data file to
be loaded.
LogDateAndTime
Can be TRUE or FALSE. The default is TRUE. If set to FALSE, log‐
- ging output does not include date and time. This is useful if
- you log to stdout(3) which is redirected to another logging
+ ging output does not include date and time. This is useful if
+ you log to stdout(3) which is redirected to another logging
mechanism that already includes date and time in its output, for
- instance systemd-journald(8). If you log to syslog(3), LogDate‐
- AndTime is ignored and date and time will never be included in
+ instance systemd-journald(8). If you log to syslog(3), LogDate‐
+ AndTime is ignored and date and time will never be included in
the output sent to syslog(3). Using the command line you control
this setting with options -T0 and -T1.
LogVerbose
- Set this to either TRUE or FALSE. The default is FALSE. If set
+ Set this to either TRUE or FALSE. The default is FALSE. If set
to TRUE, more details of each activation will be logged. You use
- -v and -q in the command line to control this setting. LogVer‐
- bose has an effect only if you specify a log file or redirect
+ -v and -q in the command line to control this setting. LogVer‐
+ bose has an effect only if you specify a log file or redirect
logging to stdout(3).
WhitelistingLevel
- Can be 0, 1, 2 or 3. The default is 0. Sets the whitelisting
+ Can be 0, 1, 2 or 3. The default is 0. Sets the whitelisting
level to determine which products vlmcsd activates or refuses.
0: activate all products with an unknown, retail or
beta/preview KMS ID.
- 1: activate products with a retail or beta/preview KMS ID
+ 1: activate products with a retail or beta/preview KMS ID
but refuse to activate products with an unknown KMS ID.
- 2: activate products with an unknown KMS ID but refuse
+ 2: activate products with an unknown KMS ID but refuse
products with a retail or beta/preview KMS ID.
- 3: activate only products with a known volume license RTM
+ 3: activate only products with a known volume license RTM
KMS ID and refuse all others.
- The SKU ID is not checked. Like a genuine KMS server vlmcsd
- activates a product that has a random or unknown SKU ID. If you
- select 1 or 3, vlmcsd also checks the Application ID for cor‐
- rectness. If Microsoft introduces a new KMS ID for a new prod‐
- uct, you cannot activate it if you used 1 or 3 until a new ver‐
+ The SKU ID is not checked. Like a genuine KMS server vlmcsd
+ activates a product that has a random or unknown SKU ID. If you
+ select 1 or 3, vlmcsd also checks the Application ID for cor‐
+ rectness. If Microsoft introduces a new KMS ID for a new prod‐
+ uct, you cannot activate it if you used 1 or 3 until a new ver‐
sion of vlmcsd is available.
CheckClientTime
- Can be TRUE or FALSE. The default is FALSE. If you set this to
- TRUE vlmcsd(8) checks if the client time differs no more than
- four hours from the system time. This is useful to prevent emu‐
+ Can be TRUE or FALSE. The default is FALSE. If you set this to
+ TRUE vlmcsd(8) checks if the client time differs no more than
+ four hours from the system time. This is useful to prevent emu‐
lator detection. A client that tries to detect an emulator could
- simply send two subsequent request with two time stamps that
- differ more than four hours from each other. If both requests
+ simply send two subsequent request with two time stamps that
+ differ more than four hours from each other. If both requests
succeed, the server is an emulator. If you set this to TRUE on a
- system with no reliable time source, activations will fail. It
- is ok to set the correct system time after you started vlm‐
+ system with no reliable time source, activations will fail. It
+ is ok to set the correct system time after you started vlm‐
csd(8).
MaintainClients
- Can be TRUE or FALSE (the default). Disables (FALSE) or enables
+ Can be TRUE or FALSE (the default). Disables (FALSE) or enables
(TRUE) maintaining a list of client machine IDs (CMIDs). TRUE is
- useful to prevent emulator detection. By maintaing a CMID list,
- vlmcsd(8) reports current active clients exactly like a genuine
+ useful to prevent emulator detection. By maintaing a CMID list,
+ vlmcsd(8) reports current active clients exactly like a genuine
KMS emulator. This includes bug compatibility to the extent that
- you can permanently kill a genuine KMS emulator by sending an
+ you can permanently kill a genuine KMS emulator by sending an
"overcharge request" with a required client count of 376 or more
- and then request activation for 671 clients. vlmcsd(8) can be
- reset from this condition by restarting it. If FALSE is used,
+ and then request activation for 671 clients. vlmcsd(8) can be
+ reset from this condition by restarting it. If FALSE is used,
vlmcsd(8) reports current active clients as good as possible. If
- no client sends an "overcharge request", it is not possible to
- detect vlmcsd(8) as an emulator with MaintainClients = FALSE.
- Maintaining clients requires the allocation of a buffer that is
- about 50 kB in size. On hardware with few memory resources use
+ no client sends an "overcharge request", it is not possible to
+ detect vlmcsd(8) as an emulator with MaintainClients = FALSE.
+ Maintaining clients requires the allocation of a buffer that is
+ about 50 kB in size. On hardware with few memory resources use
it only if you really need it.
- If you start vlmcsd(8) from an internet superserver, this set‐
- ting cannot be used. Since vlmcsd(8) exits after each activa‐
+ If you start vlmcsd(8) from an internet superserver, this set‐
+ ting cannot be used. Since vlmcsd(8) exits after each activa‐
tion, it cannot maintain any state in memory.
StartEmpty
- This setting is ignored if you do not also specify Maintain‐
- Clients = TRUE. If you specify FALSE (the default), vlmcsd(8)
- starts up as a fully "charged" KMS server. Clients activate
- immediately. StartEmpty = TRUE lets you start up vlmcsd(8) with
+ This setting is ignored if you do not also specify Maintain‐
+ Clients = TRUE. If you specify FALSE (the default), vlmcsd(8)
+ starts up as a fully "charged" KMS server. Clients activate
+ immediately. StartEmpty = TRUE lets you start up vlmcsd(8) with
an empty CMID list. Activation will start when the required min‐
- imum clients (25 for Windows Client OSses, 5 for Windows Server
- OSses and Office) have registered with the KMS server. As long
+ imum clients (25 for Windows Client OSses, 5 for Windows Server
+ OSses and Office) have registered with the KMS server. As long
as the minimum client count has not been reached, clients end up
in HRESULT 0xC004F038 "The count reported by your Key Management
Service (KMS) is insufficient. Please contact your system admin‐
- istrator". You may use vlmcs(1) or another KMS client emulator
- to "charge" vlmcsd(8). Setting this parameter to TRUE does not
- improve emulator detection prevention. It's primary purpose is
- to help developers of KMS clients to test "charging" a KMS
+ istrator". You may use vlmcs(1) or another KMS client emulator
+ to "charge" vlmcsd(8). Setting this parameter to TRUE does not
+ improve emulator detection prevention. It's primary purpose is
+ to help developers of KMS clients to test "charging" a KMS
server.
ActivationInterval
- This is the same as specifying -A on the command line. See vlm‐
+ This is the same as specifying -A on the command line. See vlm‐
csd(8) for details. The default is 2 hours. Example: Activation‐
Interval = 1h
RenewalInterval
- This is the same as specifying -R on the command line. See vlm‐
- csd(8) for details. The default is 7 days. Example: RenewalIn‐
+ This is the same as specifying -R on the command line. See vlm‐
+ csd(8) for details. The default is 7 days. Example: RenewalIn‐
terval = 3d. Please note that the KMS client decides itself when
to renew activation. Even though vlmcsd sends the renewal inter‐
- val you specify, it is no more than some kind of recommendation
- to the client. Older KMS clients did follow the recommendation
+ val you specify, it is no more than some kind of recommendation
+ to the client. Older KMS clients did follow the recommendation
from a KMS server or emulator. Newer clients do not.
- User Run vlmcsd as another, preferrably less privileged, user. The
- argument can be a user name or a numeric user id. You must have
- the required privileges (capabilities on Linux) to change the
- security context of a process without providing any credentials
- (a password in most cases). On most unixoid OSses 'root' is the
+ User Run vlmcsd as another, preferrably less privileged, user. The
+ argument can be a user name or a numeric user id. You must have
+ the required privileges (capabilities on Linux) to change the
+ security context of a process without providing any credentials
+ (a password in most cases). On most unixoid OSses 'root' is the
only user who has these privileges in the default configuration.
- This setting is not available in the native Windows version of
- vlmcsd. See -u in vlmcsd(8). This setting cannot be changed on
+ This setting is not available in the native Windows version of
+ vlmcsd. See -u in vlmcsd(8). This setting cannot be changed on
the fly by sending SIGHUP to vlmcsd.
- Group Run vlmcsd as another, preferrably less privileged, group. The
- argument can be a group name or a numeric group id. You must
- have the required privileges (capabilities on Linux) to change
- the security context of a process without providing any creden‐
- tials (a password in most cases). On most unixoid OSses 'root'
+ Group Run vlmcsd as another, preferrably less privileged, group. The
+ argument can be a group name or a numeric group id. You must
+ have the required privileges (capabilities on Linux) to change
+ the security context of a process without providing any creden‐
+ tials (a password in most cases). On most unixoid OSses 'root'
is the only user who has these privileges in the default config‐
- uration. This setting is not available in the native Windows
- version of vlmcsd. See -g in vlmcsd(8). This setting cannot be
+ uration. This setting is not available in the native Windows
+ version of vlmcsd. See -g in vlmcsd(8). This setting cannot be
changed on the fly by sending SIGHUP to vlmcsd.
Windows
- The argument has the form ePID [ / HwId ]. Always use ePID and
- HwId for Windows activations. If specified, RandomizationLevel
+ The argument has the form ePID [ / HwId ]. Always use ePID and
+ HwId for Windows activations. If specified, RandomizationLevel
for Windows activitations will be ignored.
Office2010
- The argument has the form ePID [ / HwId ]. Always use ePID and
- HwId for Office 2010 activations. If specified, Randomization‐
+ The argument has the form ePID [ / HwId ]. Always use ePID and
+ HwId for Office 2010 activations. If specified, Randomization‐
Level for Office 2010 activitations will be ignored.
Office2013
- The argument has the form ePID [ / HwId ]. Always use ePID and
- HwId for Office 2013 activations. If specified, Randomization‐
+ The argument has the form ePID [ / HwId ]. Always use ePID and
+ HwId for Office 2013 activations. If specified, Randomization‐
Level for Office 2013 activitations will be ignored.
Office2016
- The argument has the form ePID [ / HwId ]. Always use ePID and
- HwId for Office 2016 activations. If specified, Randomization‐
+ The argument has the form ePID [ / HwId ]. Always use ePID and
+ HwId for Office 2016 activations. If specified, Randomization‐
Level for Office 2016 activitations will be ignored.
VALID EPIDS
- The ePID is currently a comment only. You can specify any string up to
- 63 bytes. In Windows 7 Microsoft has blacklisted few ( < 10 ) ePIDs
- that were used in KMSv5 versions of the "Ratiborus Virtual Machine".
- Microsoft has given up on blacklisting when KMS emulators appeared in
+ The ePID is currently a comment only. You can specify any string up to
+ 63 bytes. In Windows 7 Microsoft has blacklisted few ( < 10 ) ePIDs
+ that were used in KMSv5 versions of the "Ratiborus Virtual Machine".
+ Microsoft has given up on blacklisting when KMS emulators appeared in
the wild.
Even if you can use "Activated by cool hacker guys" as an ePID, you may
wish to use ePIDs that cannot be detected as non-MS ePIDs. If you don't
- know how these "valid" ePIDs look like exactly, do not use GUIDS in
- vlmcsd.ini. vlmcsd provides internal mechanisms to generate valid
+ know how these "valid" ePIDs look like exactly, do not use GUIDS in
+ vlmcsd.ini. vlmcsd provides internal mechanisms to generate valid
ePIDs.
If you use non-ASCII characters in your ePID (you shouldn't do anyway),
- these must be in UTF-8 format. This is especially important when you
+ these must be in UTF-8 format. This is especially important when you
run vlmcsd on Windows or cygwin because UTF-8 is not the default encod‐
ing for most editors.
If you are specifying an optional HWID it follows the same syntax as in
- the -H option in vlmcsd(8) ecxept that you must not enclose a HWID in
+ the -H option in vlmcsd(8) ecxept that you must not enclose a HWID in
quotes even if it contains spaces.
@@ -439,7 +479,7 @@ AUTHOR
CREDITS
- Thanks to CODYQX4, deagles, eIcn, mikmik38, nosferati87, qad, Rati‐
+ Thanks to CODYQX4, deagles, eIcn, mikmik38, nosferati87, qad, Rati‐
borus, ...
@@ -448,4 +488,4 @@ SEE ALSO
-Hotbird64 December 2016 VLMCSD.INI(5)
+Hotbird64 January 2017 VLMCSD.INI(5)
diff --git a/man/vlmcsd.ini.5.html b/man/vlmcsd.ini.5.html
index fa59aa7..f9ad9b2 100644
--- a/man/vlmcsd.ini.5.html
+++ b/man/vlmcsd.ini.5.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-
+
@@ -296,6 +296,53 @@ Connections" and rename the new adapter to
"vlmcsd" and specify VPN=vlmcsd to use
it.
+ExitLevel
+
+Can be either 0 (the default)
+or 1. Controls under what circumstances vlmcsd will exit.
+Using the default of 0 vlmcsd stays active as long as
+it can perform some useful operations. If vlmcsd is run by
+any form of a watchdog, e.g. NT service manager (Windows),
+systemd (Linux) or launchd (Mac OS / iOS), it may be
+desirable to end vlmcsd and let the watchdog restart it.
+This is especially true if some pre-requisites are not yet
+met but will be some time later, e.g. network is not yet
+fully setup.
+
+By using
+ExitLevel = 0 vlmcsd will
+
+exit if none of
+the listening sockets specified with -L can be used.
+It continues if at least one socket can be setup for
+listening.
+
+exit any TAP
+mirror thread (Windows version only) if there is an error
+condition while reading or writing from or to the VPN
+adapter but continue to work without utilizing a VPN
+adapter.
+
+By using
+ExitLevel = 1 vlmcsd will
+
+exit if not all
+listening sockets specified with -L can be used.
+
+exit completely
+if there is a problem with a VPN adapter it is using. This
+may happen for instance if the VPN adapter has been disabled
+using "Control Panel - Network - Adapter Settings"
+while vlmcsd is using it.
+
+Please note
+that ExitLevel = 1 is kind of a workaround option.
+While it may help under some circumstances, it is better to
+solve the problem at its origin, e.g. properly implementing
+dependencies in your startup script to ensure all network
+interfaces and the VPN adapter you will use are completely
+setup before you start vlmcsd.
+
UseNDR64
Can be TRUE or FALSE. Specifies
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diff --git a/man/vlmcsd.ini.5.unix.txt b/man/vlmcsd.ini.5.unix.txt
index 68e7221..c9941d8 100644
--- a/man/vlmcsd.ini.5.unix.txt
+++ b/man/vlmcsd.ini.5.unix.txt
@@ -171,261 +171,301 @@ KEYWORDS
new adapter to "vlmcsd" and specify VPN=vlmcsd to use it.
+ ExitLevel
+ Can be either 0 (the default) or 1. Controls under what circum‐
+ stances vlmcsd will exit. Using the default of 0 vlmcsd stays
+ active as long as it can perform some useful operations. If vlm‐
+ csd is run by any form of a watchdog, e.g. NT service manager
+ (Windows), systemd (Linux) or launchd (Mac OS / iOS), it may be
+ desirable to end vlmcsd and let the watchdog restart it. This is
+ especially true if some pre-requisites are not yet met but will
+ be some time later, e.g. network is not yet fully setup.
+
+ By using ExitLevel = 0 vlmcsd will
+
+ exit if none of the listening sockets specified with -L can
+ be used. It continues if at least one socket can be setup
+ for listening.
+
+ exit any TAP mirror thread (Windows version only) if there
+ is an error condition while reading or writing from or to
+ the VPN adapter but continue to work without utilizing a
+ VPN adapter.
+
+ By using ExitLevel = 1 vlmcsd will
+
+ exit if not all listening sockets specified with -L can be
+ used.
+
+ exit completely if there is a problem with a VPN adapter it
+ is using. This may happen for instance if the VPN adapter
+ has been disabled using "Control Panel - Network - Adapter
+ Settings" while vlmcsd is using it.
+
+
+ Please note that ExitLevel = 1 is kind of a workaround option.
+ While it may help under some circumstances, it is better to
+ solve the problem at its origin, e.g. properly implementing
+ dependencies in your startup script to ensure all network inter‐
+ faces and the VPN adapter you will use are completely setup
+ before you start vlmcsd.
+
+
UseNDR64
- Can be TRUE or FALSE. Specifies whether you want to use the
+ Can be TRUE or FALSE. Specifies whether you want to use the
NDR64 transfer syntax. See options -n0 and -n1 in vlmcsd(8). The
default is TRUE.
UseBTFN
- Can be TRUE or FALSE. Specifies whether you want to use bind
+ Can be TRUE or FALSE. Specifies whether you want to use bind
time feature negotiation in RPC. See options -b0 and -b1 in vlm‐
csd(8). The default is TRUE.
RandomizationLevel
- The argument must 0, 1 or 2. This specifies the ePID randomiza‐
- tion level. See options -r0, -r1 and -r2 in vlmcsd(8). The
- default randomization level is 1. A RandomizationLevel of 2 is
+ The argument must 0, 1 or 2. This specifies the ePID randomiza‐
+ tion level. See options -r0, -r1 and -r2 in vlmcsd(8). The
+ default randomization level is 1. A RandomizationLevel of 2 is
not recommended and should be treated as a debugging level.
LCID Use a specific culture id (LCID) even if the ePID is randomized.
- The argument must be a number between 1 and 32767. While any
+ The argument must be a number between 1 and 32767. While any
number in that range is valid, you should use an offcial LCID. A
- list of assigned LCIDs can be found at http://msdn.micro‐
- soft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964664.aspx. On the command line you
+ list of assigned LCIDs can be found at http://msdn.micro‐
+ soft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964664.aspx. On the command line you
control this setting with option -C.
MaxWorkers
The argument specifies the maximum number of worker processes or
- threads that will be used to serve activation requests concur‐
- rently. This is the same as specifying -m on the command line.
- Minimum is 1. The maximum is platform specific and is at least
- 32767 but is likely to be greater on most systems. The default
+ threads that will be used to serve activation requests concur‐
+ rently. This is the same as specifying -m on the command line.
+ Minimum is 1. The maximum is platform specific and is at least
+ 32767 but is likely to be greater on most systems. The default
is no limit.
ConnectionTimeout
- Used to control when the vlmcsd disconnects idle TPC connec‐
+ Used to control when the vlmcsd disconnects idle TPC connec‐
tions. The default is 30 seconds. This is the same setting as -t
on the command line.
DisconnectClientsImmediately
- Set this to TRUE to disconnect a client after it got an activa‐
- tion response regardless whether a timeout has occured or not.
- The default is FALSE. Setting this to TRUE is non-standard
- behavior. Use only if you are experiencing DoS or DDoS attacks.
- On the command line you control this behavior with options -d
+ Set this to TRUE to disconnect a client after it got an activa‐
+ tion response regardless whether a timeout has occured or not.
+ The default is FALSE. Setting this to TRUE is non-standard
+ behavior. Use only if you are experiencing DoS or DDoS attacks.
+ On the command line you control this behavior with options -d
and -k.
PidFile
- Write a pid file. The argument is the full pathname of a pid
- file. The pid file contains is single line containing the
- process id of the vlmcsd process. It can be used to stop
- (SIGTERM) or restart (SIGHUP) vlmcsd. This directive can be
+ Write a pid file. The argument is the full pathname of a pid
+ file. The pid file contains is single line containing the
+ process id of the vlmcsd process. It can be used to stop
+ (SIGTERM) or restart (SIGHUP) vlmcsd. This directive can be
overriden using -p on the command line.
LogFile
- Write a log file. The argument is the full pathname of a log
- file. On a unixoid OS and with Cygwin you can use the special
- filename 'syslog' to log to the syslog facility. This is the
+ Write a log file. The argument is the full pathname of a log
+ file. On a unixoid OS and with Cygwin you can use the special
+ filename 'syslog' to log to the syslog facility. This is the
same as specifying -l on the command line.
KmsData
- Use a KMS data file. The argument is the full pathname of a KMS
- data file. By default vlmcsd only contains the minimum product
- data that is required to perform all operations correctly. You
+ Use a KMS data file. The argument is the full pathname of a KMS
+ data file. By default vlmcsd only contains the minimum product
+ data that is required to perform all operations correctly. You
may use a more complete KMS data file that contains all detailed
- product names. This is especially useful if you are logging KMS
+ product names. This is especially useful if you are logging KMS
requests. If you don't log, there is no need to load an external
KMS data file.
- You may use KmsData = - to prevent the default KMS data file to
+ You may use KmsData = - to prevent the default KMS data file to
be loaded.
LogDateAndTime
Can be TRUE or FALSE. The default is TRUE. If set to FALSE, log‐
- ging output does not include date and time. This is useful if
- you log to stdout(3) which is redirected to another logging
+ ging output does not include date and time. This is useful if
+ you log to stdout(3) which is redirected to another logging
mechanism that already includes date and time in its output, for
- instance systemd-journald(8). If you log to syslog(3), LogDate‐
- AndTime is ignored and date and time will never be included in
+ instance systemd-journald(8). If you log to syslog(3), LogDate‐
+ AndTime is ignored and date and time will never be included in
the output sent to syslog(3). Using the command line you control
this setting with options -T0 and -T1.
LogVerbose
- Set this to either TRUE or FALSE. The default is FALSE. If set
+ Set this to either TRUE or FALSE. The default is FALSE. If set
to TRUE, more details of each activation will be logged. You use
- -v and -q in the command line to control this setting. LogVer‐
- bose has an effect only if you specify a log file or redirect
+ -v and -q in the command line to control this setting. LogVer‐
+ bose has an effect only if you specify a log file or redirect
logging to stdout(3).
WhitelistingLevel
- Can be 0, 1, 2 or 3. The default is 0. Sets the whitelisting
+ Can be 0, 1, 2 or 3. The default is 0. Sets the whitelisting
level to determine which products vlmcsd activates or refuses.
0: activate all products with an unknown, retail or
beta/preview KMS ID.
- 1: activate products with a retail or beta/preview KMS ID
+ 1: activate products with a retail or beta/preview KMS ID
but refuse to activate products with an unknown KMS ID.
- 2: activate products with an unknown KMS ID but refuse
+ 2: activate products with an unknown KMS ID but refuse
products with a retail or beta/preview KMS ID.
- 3: activate only products with a known volume license RTM
+ 3: activate only products with a known volume license RTM
KMS ID and refuse all others.
- The SKU ID is not checked. Like a genuine KMS server vlmcsd
- activates a product that has a random or unknown SKU ID. If you
- select 1 or 3, vlmcsd also checks the Application ID for cor‐
- rectness. If Microsoft introduces a new KMS ID for a new prod‐
- uct, you cannot activate it if you used 1 or 3 until a new ver‐
+ The SKU ID is not checked. Like a genuine KMS server vlmcsd
+ activates a product that has a random or unknown SKU ID. If you
+ select 1 or 3, vlmcsd also checks the Application ID for cor‐
+ rectness. If Microsoft introduces a new KMS ID for a new prod‐
+ uct, you cannot activate it if you used 1 or 3 until a new ver‐
sion of vlmcsd is available.
CheckClientTime
- Can be TRUE or FALSE. The default is FALSE. If you set this to
- TRUE vlmcsd(8) checks if the client time differs no more than
- four hours from the system time. This is useful to prevent emu‐
+ Can be TRUE or FALSE. The default is FALSE. If you set this to
+ TRUE vlmcsd(8) checks if the client time differs no more than
+ four hours from the system time. This is useful to prevent emu‐
lator detection. A client that tries to detect an emulator could
- simply send two subsequent request with two time stamps that
- differ more than four hours from each other. If both requests
+ simply send two subsequent request with two time stamps that
+ differ more than four hours from each other. If both requests
succeed, the server is an emulator. If you set this to TRUE on a
- system with no reliable time source, activations will fail. It
- is ok to set the correct system time after you started vlm‐
+ system with no reliable time source, activations will fail. It
+ is ok to set the correct system time after you started vlm‐
csd(8).
MaintainClients
- Can be TRUE or FALSE (the default). Disables (FALSE) or enables
+ Can be TRUE or FALSE (the default). Disables (FALSE) or enables
(TRUE) maintaining a list of client machine IDs (CMIDs). TRUE is
- useful to prevent emulator detection. By maintaing a CMID list,
- vlmcsd(8) reports current active clients exactly like a genuine
+ useful to prevent emulator detection. By maintaing a CMID list,
+ vlmcsd(8) reports current active clients exactly like a genuine
KMS emulator. This includes bug compatibility to the extent that
- you can permanently kill a genuine KMS emulator by sending an
+ you can permanently kill a genuine KMS emulator by sending an
"overcharge request" with a required client count of 376 or more
- and then request activation for 671 clients. vlmcsd(8) can be
- reset from this condition by restarting it. If FALSE is used,
+ and then request activation for 671 clients. vlmcsd(8) can be
+ reset from this condition by restarting it. If FALSE is used,
vlmcsd(8) reports current active clients as good as possible. If
- no client sends an "overcharge request", it is not possible to
- detect vlmcsd(8) as an emulator with MaintainClients = FALSE.
- Maintaining clients requires the allocation of a buffer that is
- about 50 kB in size. On hardware with few memory resources use
+ no client sends an "overcharge request", it is not possible to
+ detect vlmcsd(8) as an emulator with MaintainClients = FALSE.
+ Maintaining clients requires the allocation of a buffer that is
+ about 50 kB in size. On hardware with few memory resources use
it only if you really need it.
- If you start vlmcsd(8) from an internet superserver, this set‐
- ting cannot be used. Since vlmcsd(8) exits after each activa‐
+ If you start vlmcsd(8) from an internet superserver, this set‐
+ ting cannot be used. Since vlmcsd(8) exits after each activa‐
tion, it cannot maintain any state in memory.
StartEmpty
- This setting is ignored if you do not also specify Maintain‐
- Clients = TRUE. If you specify FALSE (the default), vlmcsd(8)
- starts up as a fully "charged" KMS server. Clients activate
- immediately. StartEmpty = TRUE lets you start up vlmcsd(8) with
+ This setting is ignored if you do not also specify Maintain‐
+ Clients = TRUE. If you specify FALSE (the default), vlmcsd(8)
+ starts up as a fully "charged" KMS server. Clients activate
+ immediately. StartEmpty = TRUE lets you start up vlmcsd(8) with
an empty CMID list. Activation will start when the required min‐
- imum clients (25 for Windows Client OSses, 5 for Windows Server
- OSses and Office) have registered with the KMS server. As long
+ imum clients (25 for Windows Client OSses, 5 for Windows Server
+ OSses and Office) have registered with the KMS server. As long
as the minimum client count has not been reached, clients end up
in HRESULT 0xC004F038 "The count reported by your Key Management
Service (KMS) is insufficient. Please contact your system admin‐
- istrator". You may use vlmcs(1) or another KMS client emulator
- to "charge" vlmcsd(8). Setting this parameter to TRUE does not
- improve emulator detection prevention. It's primary purpose is
- to help developers of KMS clients to test "charging" a KMS
+ istrator". You may use vlmcs(1) or another KMS client emulator
+ to "charge" vlmcsd(8). Setting this parameter to TRUE does not
+ improve emulator detection prevention. It's primary purpose is
+ to help developers of KMS clients to test "charging" a KMS
server.
ActivationInterval
- This is the same as specifying -A on the command line. See vlm‐
+ This is the same as specifying -A on the command line. See vlm‐
csd(8) for details. The default is 2 hours. Example: Activation‐
Interval = 1h
RenewalInterval
- This is the same as specifying -R on the command line. See vlm‐
- csd(8) for details. The default is 7 days. Example: RenewalIn‐
+ This is the same as specifying -R on the command line. See vlm‐
+ csd(8) for details. The default is 7 days. Example: RenewalIn‐
terval = 3d. Please note that the KMS client decides itself when
to renew activation. Even though vlmcsd sends the renewal inter‐
- val you specify, it is no more than some kind of recommendation
- to the client. Older KMS clients did follow the recommendation
+ val you specify, it is no more than some kind of recommendation
+ to the client. Older KMS clients did follow the recommendation
from a KMS server or emulator. Newer clients do not.
- User Run vlmcsd as another, preferrably less privileged, user. The
- argument can be a user name or a numeric user id. You must have
- the required privileges (capabilities on Linux) to change the
- security context of a process without providing any credentials
- (a password in most cases). On most unixoid OSses 'root' is the
+ User Run vlmcsd as another, preferrably less privileged, user. The
+ argument can be a user name or a numeric user id. You must have
+ the required privileges (capabilities on Linux) to change the
+ security context of a process without providing any credentials
+ (a password in most cases). On most unixoid OSses 'root' is the
only user who has these privileges in the default configuration.
- This setting is not available in the native Windows version of
- vlmcsd. See -u in vlmcsd(8). This setting cannot be changed on
+ This setting is not available in the native Windows version of
+ vlmcsd. See -u in vlmcsd(8). This setting cannot be changed on
the fly by sending SIGHUP to vlmcsd.
- Group Run vlmcsd as another, preferrably less privileged, group. The
- argument can be a group name or a numeric group id. You must
- have the required privileges (capabilities on Linux) to change
- the security context of a process without providing any creden‐
- tials (a password in most cases). On most unixoid OSses 'root'
+ Group Run vlmcsd as another, preferrably less privileged, group. The
+ argument can be a group name or a numeric group id. You must
+ have the required privileges (capabilities on Linux) to change
+ the security context of a process without providing any creden‐
+ tials (a password in most cases). On most unixoid OSses 'root'
is the only user who has these privileges in the default config‐
- uration. This setting is not available in the native Windows
- version of vlmcsd. See -g in vlmcsd(8). This setting cannot be
+ uration. This setting is not available in the native Windows
+ version of vlmcsd. See -g in vlmcsd(8). This setting cannot be
changed on the fly by sending SIGHUP to vlmcsd.
Windows
- The argument has the form ePID [ / HwId ]. Always use ePID and
- HwId for Windows activations. If specified, RandomizationLevel
+ The argument has the form ePID [ / HwId ]. Always use ePID and
+ HwId for Windows activations. If specified, RandomizationLevel
for Windows activitations will be ignored.
Office2010
- The argument has the form ePID [ / HwId ]. Always use ePID and
- HwId for Office 2010 activations. If specified, Randomization‐
+ The argument has the form ePID [ / HwId ]. Always use ePID and
+ HwId for Office 2010 activations. If specified, Randomization‐
Level for Office 2010 activitations will be ignored.
Office2013
- The argument has the form ePID [ / HwId ]. Always use ePID and
- HwId for Office 2013 activations. If specified, Randomization‐
+ The argument has the form ePID [ / HwId ]. Always use ePID and
+ HwId for Office 2013 activations. If specified, Randomization‐
Level for Office 2013 activitations will be ignored.
Office2016
- The argument has the form ePID [ / HwId ]. Always use ePID and
- HwId for Office 2016 activations. If specified, Randomization‐
+ The argument has the form ePID [ / HwId ]. Always use ePID and
+ HwId for Office 2016 activations. If specified, Randomization‐
Level for Office 2016 activitations will be ignored.
VALID EPIDS
- The ePID is currently a comment only. You can specify any string up to
- 63 bytes. In Windows 7 Microsoft has blacklisted few ( < 10 ) ePIDs
- that were used in KMSv5 versions of the "Ratiborus Virtual Machine".
- Microsoft has given up on blacklisting when KMS emulators appeared in
+ The ePID is currently a comment only. You can specify any string up to
+ 63 bytes. In Windows 7 Microsoft has blacklisted few ( < 10 ) ePIDs
+ that were used in KMSv5 versions of the "Ratiborus Virtual Machine".
+ Microsoft has given up on blacklisting when KMS emulators appeared in
the wild.
Even if you can use "Activated by cool hacker guys" as an ePID, you may
wish to use ePIDs that cannot be detected as non-MS ePIDs. If you don't
- know how these "valid" ePIDs look like exactly, do not use GUIDS in
- vlmcsd.ini. vlmcsd provides internal mechanisms to generate valid
+ know how these "valid" ePIDs look like exactly, do not use GUIDS in
+ vlmcsd.ini. vlmcsd provides internal mechanisms to generate valid
ePIDs.
If you use non-ASCII characters in your ePID (you shouldn't do anyway),
- these must be in UTF-8 format. This is especially important when you
+ these must be in UTF-8 format. This is especially important when you
run vlmcsd on Windows or cygwin because UTF-8 is not the default encod‐
ing for most editors.
If you are specifying an optional HWID it follows the same syntax as in
- the -H option in vlmcsd(8) ecxept that you must not enclose a HWID in
+ the -H option in vlmcsd(8) ecxept that you must not enclose a HWID in
quotes even if it contains spaces.
@@ -439,7 +479,7 @@ AUTHOR
CREDITS
- Thanks to CODYQX4, deagles, eIcn, mikmik38, nosferati87, qad, Rati‐
+ Thanks to CODYQX4, deagles, eIcn, mikmik38, nosferati87, qad, Rati‐
borus, ...
@@ -448,4 +488,4 @@ SEE ALSO
-Hotbird64 December 2016 VLMCSD.INI(5)
+Hotbird64 January 2017 VLMCSD.INI(5)
diff --git a/man/vlmcsdmulti.1.html b/man/vlmcsdmulti.1.html
index a092fb5..83f9d8e 100644
--- a/man/vlmcsdmulti.1.html
+++ b/man/vlmcsdmulti.1.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-
+
diff --git a/man/vlmcsdmulti.1.pdf b/man/vlmcsdmulti.1.pdf
index ab76941..d5470f5 100644
Binary files a/man/vlmcsdmulti.1.pdf and b/man/vlmcsdmulti.1.pdf differ
diff --git a/src/helpers.c b/src/helpers.c
index 45910ab..f649b15 100644
--- a/src/helpers.c
+++ b/src/helpers.c
@@ -674,7 +674,20 @@ void loadKmsData()
}
}
+#ifndef NO_SOCKETS
+void exitOnWarningLevel(const int_fast8_t level)
+{
+ if (ExitLevel >= level)
+ {
+ printerrorf("Fatal: Exiting on warning level %i or greater\n", (int)ExitLevel);
+ exit(-1);
+ }
+}
+#endif // !NO_SOCKETS
+
#endif // IS_LIBRARY
+
+
#if __ANDROID__ && !defined(USE_THREADS) // Bionic does not wrap these syscalls (intentionally because Google fears, developers don't know how to use it)
#ifdef __NR_shmget
diff --git a/src/helpers.h b/src/helpers.h
index 2b3c7d9..d49aefd 100644
--- a/src/helpers.h
+++ b/src/helpers.h
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ void getExeName();
__pure BOOL getArgumentBool(int_fast8_t *result, const char *const argument);
char* vlmcsd_strdup(const char* src);
+#if defined(NO_SOCKETS) || IS_LIBRARY
+#define exitOnWarningLevel(x)
+#else // !NO_SOCKETS
+void exitOnWarningLevel(const int_fast8_t level);
+#endif // !NO_SOCKETS
+
+
#if __ANDROID__ && !defined(USE_THREADS) // Bionic does not wrap these syscalls (intentionally because Google fears, developers don't know how to use it)
int shmget(key_t key, size_t size, int shmflg);
void *shmat(int shmid, const void *shmaddr, int shmflg);
diff --git a/src/network.c b/src/network.c
index f8939b6..ebdaea8 100644
--- a/src/network.c
+++ b/src/network.c
@@ -570,8 +570,12 @@ static int listenOnAddress(const struct addrinfo *const ai, SOCKET *s)
# if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
// if (IsWindowsVistaOrGreater()) //Doesn't work with older version of MingW32-w64 toolchain
if ((GetVersion() & 0xff) > 5)
+ {
# endif // _WIN32
printerrorf("Warning: %s does not support socket option IPV6_V6ONLY: %s\n", ipstr, vlmcsd_strerror(socket_errno));
+# if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
+ }
+# endif // _WIN32
# endif // _PEDANTIC
}
# endif
@@ -661,6 +665,10 @@ BOOL addListeningSocket(const char *const addr)
numsockets++;
result = TRUE;
}
+ else
+ {
+ exitOnWarningLevel(1);
+ }
}
freeaddrinfo(aiList);
diff --git a/src/shared_globals.c b/src/shared_globals.c
index fd98c05..b4eafcc 100644
--- a/src/shared_globals.c
+++ b/src/shared_globals.c
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ int_fast8_t logverbose = 0;
#endif // NO_LOG
#ifndef NO_SOCKETS
+int_fast8_t ExitLevel = 0;
+
#ifndef _WIN32
int_fast8_t nodaemon = 0;
#endif // _WIN32
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ int_fast8_t InetdMode = 0;
int_fast8_t nodaemon = 1;
#endif // _WIN32
int_fast8_t InetdMode = 1;
-#endif
+#endif // NO_SOCKETS
PVlmcsdHeader_t KmsData = NULL;
#ifndef NO_EXTERNAL_DATA
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ int_fast8_t RandomizationLevel = 1;
uint16_t Lcid = 0;
#endif
-#ifndef NO_SOCKETS
+#if !defined(NO_SOCKETS) && !defined(USE_MSRPC)
#ifdef SIMPLE_SOCKETS
SOCKET s_server;
#else
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ HANDLE MaxTaskSemaphore;
#endif // _WIN32
#endif // !defined(NO_LIMIT) && !__minix__
-#endif // NO_SOCKETS
+#endif // !defined(NO_SOCKETS) && !defined(USE_MSRPC)
#ifdef _NTSERVICE
int_fast8_t IsNTService = TRUE;
diff --git a/src/shared_globals.h b/src/shared_globals.h
index a4ab998..bcd8bdb 100644
--- a/src/shared_globals.h
+++ b/src/shared_globals.h
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ extern int_fast8_t UseClientRpcBTFN;
#endif // USE_MSRPC
#ifndef NO_SOCKETS
+extern int_fast8_t ExitLevel;
extern char *defaultport;
#endif // NO_SOCKETS
diff --git a/src/vlmcsd.c b/src/vlmcsd.c
index cff76a0..a7d23b1 100644
--- a/src/vlmcsd.c
+++ b/src/vlmcsd.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
#include "wintap.h"
#endif
-static const char* const optstring = "N:B:m:t:w:0:3:6:H:A:R:u:g:L:p:i:P:l:r:U:W:C:c:F:O:o:T:K:E:M:j:SseDdVvqkZ";
+static const char* const optstring = "N:B:m:t:w:0:3:6:H:A:R:u:g:L:p:i:P:l:r:U:W:C:c:F:O:o:x:T:K:E:M:j:SseDdVvqkZ";
#if !defined(NO_SOCKETS) && !defined(USE_MSRPC) && !defined(SIMPLE_SOCKETS)
static uint_fast8_t maxsockets = 0;
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ static IniFileParameter_t IniFileParameterList[] =
{ "Office2010", INI_PARAM_OFFICE2010 },
{ "Office2013", INI_PARAM_OFFICE2013 },
{ "Office2016", INI_PARAM_OFFICE2016 },
+# ifndef NO_SOCKETS
+ { "ExitLevel", INI_PARAM_EXIT_LEVEL },
+# endif // NO_SOCKETS
# ifndef NO_TAP
{ "VPN", INI_PARAM_VPN },
# endif // NO_TAP
@@ -296,6 +299,7 @@ static __noreturn void usage()
" -O [=][/]\tuse VPN adapter with IPv4 address and CIDR \n"
# endif
# ifndef NO_SOCKETS
+ " -x \t\texit if warning reached (default 0)\n"
# if !defined(USE_MSRPC) && !defined(SIMPLE_SOCKETS)
" -L [:]\tlisten on IP address with optional \n"
" -P \t\tset TCP port for subsequent -L statements (default 1688)\n"
@@ -725,6 +729,15 @@ static BOOL setIniFileParameter(uint_fast8_t id, const char *const iniarg)
# endif // USE_MSRPC
+# ifndef NO_SOCKETS
+
+ case INI_PARAM_EXIT_LEVEL:
+ success = getIniFileArgumentInt(&result, iniarg, 0, 1);
+ if (success) ExitLevel = (int_fast8_t)result;
+ break;
+
+# endif // NO_SOCKETS
+
# if HAVE_FREEBIND
case INI_PARAM_FREEBIND:
@@ -1131,6 +1144,11 @@ static void parseGeneralArguments() {
# ifndef NO_SOCKETS
+ case 'x':
+ ignoreIniFileParameter(INI_PARAM_EXIT_LEVEL);
+ ExitLevel = getOptionArgumentInt((char)o, 0, 1);
+ break;
+
case 'P':
ignoreIniFileParameter(INI_PARAM_PORT);
# if !defined(SIMPLE_SOCKETS) && !defined(USE_MSRPC)
diff --git a/src/vlmcsd.h b/src/vlmcsd.h
index d852f9f..ce79a9a 100644
--- a/src/vlmcsd.h
+++ b/src/vlmcsd.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ int server_main(int argc, CARGV argv);
#define INI_PARAM_START_EMPTY 27
#define INI_PARAM_DATA_FILE 28
#define INI_PARAM_VPN 29
+#define INI_PARAM_EXIT_LEVEL 30
#define INI_FILE_PASS_1 1
#define INI_FILE_PASS_2 2
diff --git a/src/wintap.c b/src/wintap.c
index c065284..b40789e 100644
--- a/src/wintap.c
+++ b/src/wintap.c
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ static DWORD WINAPI TapMirror(LPVOID data)
free(ActiveTapName);
CloseHandle(TapHandle);
+ exitOnWarningLevel(1);
return error;
}