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Chris,
> The problem on earthdata seems to be with LDM itself. Earthdata can't even
> ldmping itself on the loopback interface!
>
> [ldm@earthdata ~]$ ldmping -i 0 localhost
> Nov 11 16:46:37 ulog INFO: State Elapsed Port Remote_Host rpc_stat
> Nov 11 16:46:37 ulog INFO: Resolving localhost to 127.0.0.1 took 0.000502
> seconds
> Nov 11 16:46:37 ulog ERROR: SVC_UNAVAIL 0.001236 0 localhost RPC:
> Program not registered
Would you please send us the output from the slightly different command
ldmping -i 0 -P 388 localhost
Regards,
Steve Emmerson
Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: GHG-536605
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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