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Adam, What does the command "hupsyslog" output? What is its exit-status? What is the output of the command "ps -ef | grep -F syslog"? Are there any relevant messages from the system logging daemon in the system log file? Was the system rebooted after SELINUX was disabled? > I am having trouble with a new LDM install logging to the ldmd.log file. > The OS is Ubuntu-server 12.04 LTS. > > I have compiled/installed everything (no errors). The data is getting > processed and stored in /data and everything is working like it should... > > Except for the ldmd.log file. All I get is an empty 0 size file. > > My rsyslog.conf looks like this at the end: > > # Unidata LDM: > > local0.* /data/logs/ldmd.log > > hupsyslog and ldmd are root user > > -rwsr-xr-x 1 root ldm 12339 Jun 23 16:31 hupsyslog > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 ldm ldm 5 Jun 23 16:31 ids -> pqing > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 ldm ldm 56940 Jun 23 16:31 ldmadmin > > -rwsr-xr-x 1 root ldm 118960 Jun 23 16:31 ldmd > > But my file is still 0 size: > > ldm@tornado:/data/logs$ pwd > > /data/logs > > ldm@tornado:/data/logs$ ls -l > > total 0 > > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ldm 0 Jun 25 15:29 ldmd.log > > ldm@tornado:/data/logs$ > > And I verified that both selinux and apparmor are disabled. > > I don't know what is going on here. > > Thanks, > > Adam Taylor > > Computing Center > > University of Louisiana Monroe Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: WBL-938424 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed