This bug is still here (monit 5.20.0). http://stackoverflow.com/questions/41773333/monit-is-continuously- throwing-error-reading-pid-from-file
In my case, the whole startup is slowed down because monit is "initializing" the failing service which has an empty .pid file. It catches itself into a loop. [MSK Feb 19 21:21:41] error : Error reading pid from file '/var/run/sphinx/searchd.pid' [MSK Feb 19 21:21:41] error : Error reading pid from file '/var/run/sphinx/searchd.pid' [MSK Feb 19 21:21:42] error : Error reading pid from file '/var/run/sphinx/searchd.pid' [MSK Feb 19 21:21:44] error : Error reading pid from file '/var/run/sphinx/searchd.pid' [MSK Feb 19 21:21:45] error : Error reading pid from file '/var/run/sphinx/searchd.pid' [MSK Feb 19 21:21:46] error : Error reading pid from file '/var/run/sphinx/searchd.pid' [MSK Feb 19 21:21:47] error : Error reading pid from file '/var/run/sphinx/searchd.pid' [MSK Feb 19 21:21:48] error : Error reading pid from file '/var/run/sphinx/searchd.pid' [MSK Feb 19 21:21:49] error : Error reading pid from file '/var/run/sphinx/searchd.pid' [MSK Feb 19 21:21:50] error : Error reading pid from file '/var/run/sphinx/searchd.pid' [MSK Feb 19 21:21:51] error : Error reading pid from file '/var/run/sphinx/searchd.pid' [MSK Feb 19 21:21:52] error : Error reading pid from file '/var/run/sphinx/searchd.pid' [MSK Feb 19 21:21:53] error : Error reading pid from file '/var/run/sphinx/searchd.pid' [MSK Feb 19 21:21:54] error : Error reading pid from file '/var/run/sphinx/searchd.pid' -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1277655 Title: Monit fills logs when reading 0 byte pid file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/monit/+bug/1277655/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
