The Unidata Local Data Manager (LDM) system includes network client and server programs designed for event-driven data distribution, and is the fundamental component of the Unidata Internet Data Distribution (IDD) system.
An empty configuration-file causes the top-level LDM server to terminate because it has nothing to do. The ldmadmin(1) script, however, checks to see if it's running and reports an error if it isn't.
Fixed in versions after 6.12.14. An effectively empty LDM configuration-file will cause the LDM to emit an error message and terminate with a non-zero exit status.
An empty configuration-file causes the top-level LDM server to terminate because it has nothing to do. The ldmadmin(1) script, however, checks to see if it's running and reports an error if it isn't.