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> > > > If you stopped EDEX as root, su - awips, and then started EDEX will it > > work? > > No. > > > I'm still trying to figure out the issue here especially if you've gotten > > it working once, but not most of the time? >> > It'll work only if `su - awips` and `sudo edex start` are run. If you run > `edex start` as root you're no longer able to run EDEX. Hi Ryan, I was able to go into the source code and update a few things. I can now get EDEX Ingest to start up (both as user awips and root). We are currently re-building RPM's and they should be updated later today. I'll send another email when everything is built and uploaded (it typically takes a few hours). Sorry for the inconvenience. 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.