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VLMCSD.INI(5) KMS Activation Manual VLMCSD.INI(5)
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NAME
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vlmcsd.ini - vlmcsd KMS emulator configuration file
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SYNOPSIS
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vlmcsd.ini
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DESCRIPTION
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vlmcsd.ini (or simply called the "ini file") is a configuration file
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for vlmcsd(8). By default vlmcsd does not use a configuration file. It
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is completely optional and for advanced users only. You must use the -i
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option on the vlmcsd command line to use an ini file. There is no
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default name or default location for the ini file.
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Everything, that can be configured in the ini file, may also be speci‐
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fied on the command line. Any configuration option specified on the
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command line takes precedence over the respective configuration line in
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the ini file.
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Benefits of a configuration file
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While you can use the configuration file to simply modify the default
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behavior of vlmcsd, it can also be used to change the configuration of
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vlmcsd after you sent a HUP signal(7). Whenever you send SIGHUP, the
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configuration file will be re-read. Any changes you made to the ini
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file will be reflected after vlmcsd received the hangup signal.
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Differences between command line and configuration file
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If you specify an illegal option or option argument on the command
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line, vlmcsd displays help and exits. If you specify an incorrect key‐
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word or argument in the ini file, vlmcsd displays a warning with some
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information, ignores the respective line and continues. This is inten‐
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tional and prevents vlmcsd from aborting after a SIGHUP if the configu‐
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ration was modified incorrectly.
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SYNTAX
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vlmcsd.ini is a UTF-8 encoded text file with each line being in the
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format keyword = argument. The keyword is not case-sensitive. The argu‐
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ment is treated literally. It is neither required nor allowed to
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enclose the argument in any form of quote characters except when quote
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characters are part of the argument itself. Whitespace characters are
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ignored only
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- at the beginning of a line
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- between the keyword and '='
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- between '=' and the argument
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Lines, that start with '#' or ';' are treated as comments. Empty lines
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are ignored as well. If a keyword is repeated in another line, vlmcsd
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will use the argument of the last occurence of the keyword. An excep‐
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tion to this is the Listen keyword which can be specified multiple
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times and causes vlmcsd to listen on more than one IP address and/or
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port.
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Some arguments are binary arguments that need to be either TRUE or
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FALSE. You can use "Yes", "On" or "1" as an alias for TRUE and "No",
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"Off" or "0" as an alias for FALSE. Binary arguments are case-insensi‐
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tive.
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KEYWORDS
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The following keywords are defined:
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Listen This defines on what combinations of IP addresses and ports vlm‐
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csd should listen. Listen can be specified more than once. The
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argument has the form ipaddress[:port]. If you omit the port,
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the default port of 1688 is used. If the ipaddress contains
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colons and a port is used, you must enclose the ipaddress in
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brackets. The default is to listen to 0.0.0.0:1688 and [::]:1688
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which means listen to all IPv4 and all IPv6 addresses. See the
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-L option in vlmcsd(8) for more info about the syntax. If you
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use -L, -P, -4 or -6 on the command line, all Listen keywords in
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the ini file will be ignored. The Listen keyword cannot be used
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on Windows and Cygwin if vlmcsd has been compiled to use Micro‐
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soft RPC.
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Examples:
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Listen = 192.168.1.123:1688
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Listen = 0.0.0.0:1234
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Listen = [fe80::1721:12ff:fe81:d36b%eth0]:1688
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Port Can only be used on Windows and Cygwin if vlmcsd has been com‐
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piled to use Microsoft RPC. Causes vlmcsd to listen on that port
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instead of 1688. On all non-Windows operating systems or if vlm‐
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csd has been compiled to use its own RPC implementation, you
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must use Listen instead.
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UseNDR64
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Can be TRUE or FALSE. Specifies whether you want to use the
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NDR64 transfer syntax. See options -n0 and -n1 in vlmcsd(8). The
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default is TRUE.
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UseBTFN
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Can be TRUE or FALSE. Specifies whether you want to use bind
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time feature negotiation in RPC. See options -b0 and -b1 in vlm‐
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csd(8). The default is TRUE.
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RandomizationLevel
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The argument must 0, 1 or 2. This specifies the ePID randomiza‐
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tion level. See options -r0, -r1 and -r2 in vlmcsd(8). The
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default randomization level is 1.
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LCID Use a specific culture id (LCID) even if the ePID is randomized.
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The argument must be a number between 1 and 32767. While any
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number in that range is valid, you should use an offcial LCID. A
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list of assigned LCIDs can be found at http://msdn.micro‐
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soft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964664.aspx. On the command line you
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control this setting with option -C.
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MaxWorkers
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The argument specifies the maximum number of worker processes or
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threads that will be used to serve activation requests concur‐
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rently. This is the same as specifying -m on the command line.
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Minimum is 1. The maximum is platform specific and is at least
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32767 but is likely to be greater on most systems. The default
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is no limit.
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ConnectionTimeout
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Used to control when the vlmcsd disconnects idle TPC connec‐
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tions. The default is 30 seconds. This is the same setting as -t
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on the command line.
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DisconnectClientsImmediately
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Set this to TRUE to disconnect a client after it got an activa‐
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tion response regardless whether a timeout has occured or not.
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The default is FALSE. Setting this to TRUE is non-standard
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behavior. Use only if you are experiencing DoS or DDoS attacks.
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On the command line you control this behavior with options -d
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and -k.
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PidFile
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Write a pid file. The argument is the full pathname of a pid
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file. The pid file contains is single line containing the
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process id of the vlmcsd process. It can be used to stop
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(SIGTERM) or restart (SIGHUP) vlmcsd. This directive can be
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overriden using -p on the command line.
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LogFile
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Write a log file. The argument is the full pathname of a log
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file. On a unixoid OS and with Cygwin you can use the special
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filename 'syslog' to log to the syslog facility. This is the
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same as specifying -l on the command line.
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LogVerbose
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Set this to either TRUE or FALSE. The default is FALSE. If set
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to TRUE, more details of each activation will be logged. You use
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-v and -q in the command line to control this setting. LogVer‐
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bose has an effect only if you specify a log file or redirect
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logging to stdout(3).
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ActivationInterval
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This is the same as specifying -A on the command line. See vlm‐
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csd(8) for details. The default is 2 hours. Example: Activation‐
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Interval = 1h
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RenewalInterval
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This is the same as specifying -R on the command line. See vlm‐
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csd(8) for details. The default is 7 days. Example: Activation‐
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Interval = 3h. Please note that the KMS client decides itself
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when to renew activation. Even though vlmcsd sends the renewal
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interval you specify, it is no more than some kind of recommen‐
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dation to the client. Older KMS clients did follow the recommen‐
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dation from a KMS server or emulator. Newer clients do not.
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User Run vlmcsd as another, preferrably less privileged, user. The
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argument can be a user name or a numeric user id. You must have
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the required privileges (capabilities on Linux) to change the
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security context of a process without providing any credentials
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(a password in most cases). On most unixoid OSses 'root' is the
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only user who has these privileges in the default configuration.
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This setting is not available in the native Windows version of
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vlmcsd. See -u in vlmcsd(8). This setting cannot be changed on
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the fly by sending SIGHUP to vlmcsd.
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Group Run vlmcsd as another, preferrably less privileged, group. The
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argument can be a group name or a numeric group id. You must
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have the required privileges (capabilities on Linux) to change
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the security context of a process without providing any creden‐
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tials (a password in most cases). On most unixoid OSses 'root'
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is the only user who has these privileges in the default config‐
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uration. This setting is not available in the native Windows
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version of vlmcsd. See -g in vlmcsd(8). This setting cannot be
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changed on the fly by sending SIGHUP to vlmcsd.
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SPECIAL KEYWORDS
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Any valid GUID is being treated as a special keyword in the ini file.
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It is used to select a specfic ePID and HwId for an application GUID.
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The argument has the form ePID [ / HwId ]. KMS currently knows only 3
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application GUIDs:
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55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f (Windows)
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59a52881-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663 (Office 2010)
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0ff1ce15-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663 (Office 2013)
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To use specific ePIDs for Windows, Office 2010 and Office 2013/2016 you
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could add the following lines to vlmcsd.ini:
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55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f = 55041-00206-184-207146-03-1062-6002.0000-3322013
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59a52881-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663 = 55041-00096-216-598637-03-17418-6002.0000-3312013
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0ff1ce15-a989-479d-af46-f275c6370663 = 55041-00206-234-742099-03-9217-6002.0000-2942013
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The ePID is currently a comment only. You can specify any string up to
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63 bytes. In Windows 7 Microsoft has blacklisted few ( < 10 ) ePIDs
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that were used in KMSv5 versions of the "ratiborus virtual machine".
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Microsoft has given up on blacklisting when KMS emulators appeared in
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the wild.
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Even if you can use "Activated by cool hacker guys" as an ePID, you may
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wish to use ePIDs that cannot be detected as non-MS ePIDs. If you don't
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know how these "valid" ePIDs look like exactly, do not use GUIDS in
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vlmcsd.ini. vlmcsd provides internal mechanisms to generate valid
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ePIDs.
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If you use non-ASCII characters in your ePID (you shouldn't do anyway),
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these must be in UTF-8 format. This is especially important when you
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run vlmcsd on Windows or cygwin because UTF-8 is not the default encod‐
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ing for most editors.
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If you are specifying an optional HWID it follows the same syntax as in
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the -H option in vlmcsd(8) ecxept that you must not enclose a HWID in
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quotes even if it contains spaces.
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FILES
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vlmcsd.ini(5)
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AUTHOR
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vlmcsd(8) was written by crony12, Hotbird64 and vityan666. With contri‐
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butions from DougQaid.
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CREDITS
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Thanks to CODYQX4, deagles, eIcn, mikmik38, nosferati87, qad, Rati‐
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borus, ...
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SEE ALSO
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vlmcsd(8), vlmcsd(7), vlmcs(1), vlmcsdmulti(1)
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Hotbird64 September 2015 VLMCSD.INI(5)
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