uname !!!

[Venky_1]

Hi ,

What does "A" and "U" means in the below outputs of uname -a.

HP-UX B.11.00 A 9000/800 103444651 two-user license

HP-UX B.11.00 U 9000/800 1123484667 unlimited-user license

Thanks
Venky

[Cheryl Griffin]

It refers to the user license.
A = 2-user systems
B = 16-user systems
C = 32-user systems
D = 64-user systems
U = unlimited number of users.

Cheryl

[Tom Jackson]

Hi Venky:

According to the man page, it the operating system version identifier. See the -v option.

Tom

[Venky_1]

Hi Tom,

I also checked and it means the current operating system version identifier.

Cheryll : What do you say ?

Thanks
Venky

[Tom Jackson]

Hi again Venky:

I checked two of my systems one running 10.20 and the other running 11.i. The 10.20 system returns A, the 11.i system returns U.

Tom

[Bill Hassell · Accepted solution]

The old licensing scheme used a user count technique (A=2 users, etc) where 2uiser was standard but extra users needed additional licenses. The unlimited license became a no-extra-cost feature in 11.00.

[Cheryl Griffin]

Venky
The A and U refer to your installed user license. Look at your output again:

HP-UX ... A ..... --> two-user license

HP-UX ... U ..... --> unlimited-user license

It's all right there on the same line. The A refers to the 2 user license. The U refers to the unlimited user license.

[Ravi_8]

Hi.

10.2 and old 11.0 comes as two user license,
whereas 11i and recent 11.0 is unlimited user licence
hence the A and U

[Denver Osborn]

If you haven't located this already... as Bill stated, the unlimited user license is free now. You can download it from software.hp.com (search for "unlimited user license", here's the url

http://www.software.hp.com/cgi-bin/swdepot_parser.cgi/cgi/displayProductInfo.pl?productNumber=UNLIMUSERLIC

-denver