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Douglas,
> allow EXP 129.107.12.80 "^MPE*" # UTA LDM Server (WGRFC)
There's the problem. The field "^MPE*" is interpreted by the LDM server as a
regular-expression specifying what a product-identifier must match in order for
its associated data-product to be sent. This regular-expression matches
product-identifiers that *start* with "MP", followed by zero or more "E"s. An
example of an actual product-identifier is
"/data/ldad/ftp/ups2ldm/MPE/gis_text/hourly/2010110515_2010110516_st.txt.gz".
Note that the "MPE" occurs in the middle and not the beginning.
Change the above ALLOW entry to something like
allow EXP ^129\.107\.12\.80$ "^/data/ldad/ftp/ups2ldm/MPE"
and restart the LDM ("ldmadmin restart") and data should flow. Note that the
periods have been escaped and that the anchors "^" and "$" have been used to
prevent connections from, say, host "129.107.12.80.malicious.com".
Regards,
Steve Emmerson
Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: FOR-229341
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed