[LDM #MSO-599919]: LDM 6.11.5: Problem with ldmd.conf

Dave,

> LDM support (Steve, probably),
> 
> I'm running Mac OS X v.10.8.4 from account "ldm" on virga.sfsu.edu. I've 
> installed LDM v.6.10.1 and v.6.11.5. I thought I had the latter running 
> successfully earlier today (except for messages logged to system.log instead 
> of ldmd.log), but this evening I checked again and found no ldmd processes 
> running.
> 
> The weird thing: at least some new data had been received and filed right up 
> to the time I discovered that there were no ldmd processes running.
> 
> Running "ldmadmin stop" produced a message to the effect that the LDM wasn't 
> running.
> 
> So I ran "ldmadmin start", and got the following:
> 
> ldm_virga% ldmadmin start
> The product-queue is OK.
> Checking pqact(1) configuration-file(s)...
> /usr/local/unidata/ldm/etc/pqact.conf: syntactically correct
> Checking LDM configuration-file (/usr/local/unidata/ldm/etc/ldmd.conf)...
> start(): Problem with LDM configuration-file: Jun 20 06:15:26
> ldmd[80906] NOTE: Starting Up (version: 6.11.5; built: Jun 19 2013
> 22:35:58)

If you examine the ldmadmin(1) script, you'll see that the LDM isn't started if 
the "Problem with LDM configuration-file" message is printed. Consequently, I 
don't know where that "Starting Up" message is coming from (well, I know where 
it comes from -- the LDM server -- I just don't see how).

Did the "Starting Up" message appear in the terminal window?

> The ldmd.conf file hasn't changed in several days (I checked it using "diff" 
> against" a backed up copy), so I'm not at all sure why it would present a 
> problem now. No error messages are logged as far as I can tell. Not sure 
> where to look for more clues about what might be wrong.
> 
> I switched to LDM v.6.10.1, and it starts up and runs quite normally (with 
> the same ldmd.conf file).
> 
> -- Dave
> 
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Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: MSO-599919
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed