flexlm license manager v22 won't start

the newly downloaded alterad has got the same build no as the one failing.

However the sizes of the files are different - strange.

The most important thing is however, the newly downloaded is working .

[adminpyh@dtdkcphlx0442 altera22]$ ./lmutil lmver alterad
lmutil - Copyright (c) 1989-2018 Flexera. All Rights Reserved.
FlexNet Licensing v11.18.2.0 build 281478 (ipv6) x64_lsb (liblmgr.a), Copyright (c) 1988-2021 Flexera. All Rights Reserved.
[adminpyh@dtdkcphlx0442 altera22]$ ./lmutil lmver nye/alterad
lmutil - Copyright (c) 1989-2018 Flexera. All Rights Reserved.
FlexNet Licensing v11.18.2.0 build 281478 (ipv6) x64_lsb (liblmgr.a), Copyright (c) 1988-2021 Flexera. All Rights Reserved.
[adminpyh@dtdkcphlx0442 altera22]$ ls -la alterad nye/alterad
-rwxr-x---. 1 adminpyh adminpyh 1766272 Sep 27 21:29 alterad
-rwxr-x---. 1 adminpyh adminpyh 1829960 Sep 16 16:50 nye/alterad