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> Is there any advice that can be offered for when `edex start` is > (accidentally) run as root? I run separate ingest servers and this one was > working fine after the update when using `su - awips` and then `sudo edex > start`. Unfortunately I ran `edex start` as root and now the installation > is back to the "loctables" issue. Having installed this EDEX version > upwards of 10 times now, I'm really looking to get this to not be so > finicky. If you are nervous about starting it as root, you can edit the /usr/bin/edex script, and at the beginning check to see which user you are and exit out if you are root. If you stopped EDEX as root, su - awips, and then started EDEX will it work? I'm still trying to figure out the issue here especially if you've gotten it working once, but not most of the time? On a brand new Centos Server (CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-2009.iso) and Centos Desktop ISO, I have been able to replicate your issue and have not been able to get ingest to start (even with the switch to user awips). I'm currently comparing RPM's between a working existing server and a new server for a potential RPM dependency we missed. Thanks, Tiffany Meyer AWIPS Lead Software Engineer UCAR-Unidata If you're interested, please feel free to fill out a survey about the support you receive: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDIkdk8qUMgq8ZdM4jhP-ubJPUOr-mJMQgxInwoAWoV5QcOw/viewform Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: SGX-641557 Department: Support AWIPS Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.