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Justin, Your pqact(1) process exited with an error status because the "-f" option wasn't before the NEXRAD2 option argument. > If I run it with "pqact -e" I get an error > > Starting the LDM server... > [ldm@localhost ~]$ gedit /usr/local/ldm/etc/ldmd.conf > [ldm@localhost ~]$ tail -f var/logs/ldmd.log > Mar 10 15:30:13 localhost edexBridge[10927] NOTE: Sent 15 messages (0 at > the end of the queue, 15 normally). > Mar 10 15:30:14 localhost edexBridge[10927] NOTE: Sent 13 messages (0 at > the end of the queue, 13 normally). > Mar 10 15:30:15 localhost edexBridge[10927] NOTE: Sent 13 messages (0 at > the end of the queue, 13 normally). > *Mar 10 15:30:16 localhost ldmd[10924] NOTE: child 10928 exited with status > 1: pqact -e NEXRAD2 etc/pqact.threddsradar* > Mar 10 15:30:16 localhost edexBridge[10927] NOTE: Sent 8 messages (0 at the > end of the queue, 8 normally). > Mar 10 15:30:17 localhost edexBridge[10927] NOTE: Sent 4 messages (0 at the > end of the queue, 4 normally). > Mar 10 15:30:18 localhost edexBridge[10927] NOTE: Sent 28 messages (0 at > the end of the queue, 28 normally). > Mar 10 15:30:19 localhost edexBridge[10927] NOTE: Sent 6 messages (0 at the > end of the queue, 6 normally). > Mar 10 15:30:20 localhost edexBridge[10927] NOTE: Sent 6 messages (0 at the > end of the queue, 6 normally). > Mar 10 15:30:21 localhost edexBridge[10927] NOTE: Sent 6 messages (0 at the > end of the queue, 6 normally). > Mar 10 15:30:22 localhost edexBridge[10927] NOTE: Sent 7 messages (0 at the > end of the queue, 7 normally). > Mar 10 15:30:23 localhost edexBridge[10927] NOTE: Sent 10 messages (0 at > the end of the queue, 10 normally). > Mar 10 15:30:24 localhost edexBridge[10927] NOTE: Sent 21 messages (0 at > the end of the queue, 21 normally). > Mar 10 15:30:25 localhost edexBridge[10927] NOTE: Sent 19 messages (0 at > the end of the queue, 19 normally). > ldmd.conf file below > > # Exec Entries > ############################################################################### > # > # Programs that can share a queue with rpc.ldmd server, these programs > # are started by the "exec" command and are in the same process group. > # > EXEC "pqact -e" > EXEC "edexBridge -s localhost.localdomain" > EXEC "pqact -e NEXRAD2 etc/pqact.threddsradar" > > # > # rtstats uses the LDM to send product latency statistics to the UPC. > # For more info on rtstats please see the man page. > EXEC "rtstats -h rtstats.unidata.ucar.edu" > #EXEC "pqsurf" > # Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: JDP-127682 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed