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On Fri, 2 Apr 1999, Unidata Support wrote: > > ------- Forwarded Message > > >To: address@hidden > >From: Tom Rink <address@hidden> > >Subject: ldmadmin start > >Organization: . > >Keywords: 199904021914.MAA21317 > > > Hi, > > On an initial installation, ldmadmin start returns: > > Apr 2 19:10:11 UTC hyde.ssec.wisc.edu : make_lockfile: another ldmadmin > process exists Tom, A lock file is created for critical commands so different invocations for users don't step on each other. To clear the locks, do: % ldmadmin clean Robb... > > The same message occurs after entering ldmadmin stop. > > Also, ldmadmin ps returns: > > Apr 2 19:09:47 UTC hyde.ssec.wisc.edu : ldmadmin_ps: no LDM server is running > > I checked for port 388 from rpcinfo -p, and there are no entries. I can't > find anything in the man pages, or help archives. > > Thanks, > > TomR > address@hidden > > > ------- End of Forwarded Message > =============================================================================== Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ ===============================================================================