Licensing errors -4 / -1 (License activated as administrator cannot be used by other users)
Symptoms
I activated a license as administrator, but when I run BricsCAD as another user, it doesn't recognize the license. Diagnostics shows error -4: invalid hostid or error -1: no license found.
Cause
Error -4: The user cannot read the rehostable hostid folder.
Error -1: The user cannot read the Bricsys license folder.
Solution
Make sure the permissions of the following folder are set to allow full access for everyone:
On Windows:
%SystemDrive%\Users\All Users\Reprise %SystemDrive%\Users\All Users\Bricsys
On Linux and OSX:
/var/tmp/Reprise
/var/tmp/Bricsys
Note: See also the article Licensing error -4 (The license for this product is locked to another computer or is using an invalid hostid).