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> Interesting results: > Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address > State PID/Program name > tcp 0 0 *:388 *:* > LISTEN 26370/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:41107 intranet1.arh.nwsar.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26448/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 jnuweb1.jnu.nwsar.gov:47180 > ESTABLISHED 5341/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 jnuweb1.jnu.nwsar.gov:47179 > ESTABLISHED 5260/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 jnuweb1.jnu.nwsar.gov:47178 > ESTABLISHED 5259/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 intranet1.arh.nwsar.g:55469 > ESTABLISHED 30777/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 intranet1.arh.nwsar.g:55468 > ESTABLISHED 30776/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 intranet1.arh.nwsar.g:55470 > ESTABLISHED 30778/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 arhdata.arh.nwsar.gov:2396 > ESTABLISHED 6047/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 intranet1.arh.nwsar.g:55484 > ESTABLISHED 1218/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 intranet1.arh.nwsar.g:55481 > ESTABLISHED 961/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 intranet1.arh.nwsar.g:55480 > ESTABLISHED 960/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 intranet1.arh.nwsar.g:55483 > ESTABLISHED 1035/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 intranet1.arh.nwsar.g:55482 > ESTABLISHED 962/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 intranet1.arh.nwsar.g:55479 > ESTABLISHED 959/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 intranet1.arh.nwsar.g:55478 > ESTABLISHED 958/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 intranet1.arh.nwsar.g:55502 > ESTABLISHED 3270/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 intranet1.arh.nwsar.g:55499 > ESTABLISHED 2770/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 intranet1.arh.nwsar.g:55489 > ESTABLISHED 1902/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 jnuweb1.jnu.nwsar.gov:47111 > ESTABLISHED 28596/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:41149 arhdata.arh.nwsar.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26446/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:41148 arhdata.arh.nwsar.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26445/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:41147 arhdata.arh.nwsar.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26450/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:41115 arhdata.arh.nwsar.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26449/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:41168 arhdata.arh.nwsar.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26467/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:41156 arhdata.arh.nwsar.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26468/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:41158 arhdata.arh.nwsar.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26451/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:41153 arhdata.arh.nwsar.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26464/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:41155 arhdata.arh.nwsar.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26487/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:41154 arhdata.arh.nwsar.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26462/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:41167 arhdata.arh.nwsar.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26486/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:41163 arhdata.arh.nwsar.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26466/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:41162 arhdata.arh.nwsar.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26465/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 jnuweb1.jnu.nwsar.gov:47116 > ESTABLISHED 28706/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 jnuweb1.jnu.nwsar.gov:47119 > ESTABLISHED 29106/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 jnuweb1.jnu.nwsar.gov:47118 > ESTABLISHED 28976/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 jnuweb1.jnu.nwsar.gov:47113 > ESTABLISHED 28598/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 jnuweb1.jnu.nwsar.gov:47112 > ESTABLISHED 28597/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 jnuweb1.jnu.nwsar.gov:47115 > ESTABLISHED 28783/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 jnuweb1.jnu.nwsar.gov:47114 > ESTABLISHED 28599/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:41117 jnuweb1.jnu.nwsar.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26454/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:41125 jnuweb1.jnu.nwsar.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26460/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 ls1-afc.anc.nwsar.gov:1518 > ESTABLISHED 18356/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 deimos.fai.nwsar.gov:39413 > ESTABLISHED 13555/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 deimos.fai.nwsar.gov:39415 > ESTABLISHED 13564/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 deimos.fai.nwsar.gov:39408 > ESTABLISHED 13517/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 deimos.fai.nwsar.gov:39409 > ESTABLISHED 13536/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:41138 galileo.wrh.noaa.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26484/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:41136 galileo.wrh.noaa.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26482/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:41137 galileo.wrh.noaa.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26483/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 deimos.fai.nwsar.gov:39404 > ESTABLISHED 13487/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 deimos.fai.nwsar.gov:39406 > ESTABLISHED 13501/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 deimos.fai.nwsar.gov:39401 > ESTABLISHED 13471/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 deimos.fai.nwsar.gov:39394 > ESTABLISHED 13385/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 deimos.fai.nwsar.gov:39395 > ESTABLISHED 13401/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:41405 deimos.fai.nwsar.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26461/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 prisma.fsl.noaa.gov:39596 > ESTABLISHED 6046/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 ls1-vrh.arh.nwsar.gov:3377 > ESTABLISHED 30042/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:388 ls1-ajk.jnu.nwsar.gov:2792 > ESTABLISHED 29976/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:41139 sr-srh-ridlin1.srh.noaa:388 > ESTABLISHED 26485/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:44100 eldm.fsl.noaa.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26488/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:44186 eldm.fsl.noaa.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26491/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:44187 eldm.fsl.noaa.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26492/rpc.ldmd > tcp 0 0 fetch1.ops.nwsar.gov:44188 eldm.fsl.noaa.gov:388 > ESTABLISHED 26493/rpc.ldmd > unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 1673234588 26370/rpc.ldmd That's a lot of LDM connections, all right. > -rw-r--r-- 1 ldm users 0 Sep 25 16:10 ldmd.log > It seems the logging is going to /var/log/messages for whatever reason. LDM log messages going to the system log file isn't good. Please send me the output from the following commands: uname -a grep SELINUX /etc/selinux/config grep local /etc/syslog.conf ls -l $HOME/bin/hupsyslog grep LOG_LDM $HOME/src/config/ldmconfig.h > grep -Fi 'Starting Up' `ls -tr /var/log/messages` | wc -l > 214 > > Does this mean that every request from every server is treated as a separate > ldmd child process? Yes, every incoming request for data results in a child, upstream LDM process that's resposible for servicing that request. > I feed multiple versions of LDM. AWIPS is a National Weather Service standard > application that is currently running LDM-5.0.8. AWIPS runs version 5.0.8 of the LDM? Oh dear. I'll have to think about this. > I've not had problems with my > WS3 ldm-6.3.0 version talking to those servers. Other servers in the field > are > running various flavors ov LDM-6.* up to and including one that is running > 6.4.6. > > These are my allow entries.. The request entries seemed to work fine on > ldm-6.4.6. > ############################################################################### > # Allow Entries > ############################################################################### > # > # Under no circumstances comment out the next allow entry to localhost > # The LDM will NOT start if the lines are commented out. > allow ANY > ^((localhost|loopback)|(127\.0\.0\.1\.?$)) > allow ANY ^(.*\.nwsar\.gov\.?$) > allow ANY ^(160\.0\.*\.?$) Just so you know, the parentheses in the ALLOW entries aren't needed except in the "localhost" one. They don't hurt, they just don't do anything. > allow EXP ^prisma\.fsl\.noaa\.gov > allow EXP ^prismb\.fsl\.noaa\.gov > allow EXP ^sr-srh-ridlin1\.srh\.noaa\.gov > allow EXP ^cr-crh-ridlin1\.crh\.noaa\.gov Which ALLOW entry is responsible for allowing the computers to connect that can with version 6.3.0 but not with version 6.4.6? Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: SVU-966060 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed