Public bug reported: If I downgrade to 1:5.16-2 it works fine (and 1:5.16-2ubuntu0.1 seems to work fine on 14.04)
$ sudo monit monitor postfix Invalid action "action=monitor" $ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: monit 1:5.16-2ubuntu0.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-133.159-generic 4.4.134 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-133-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Aug 17 12:54:07 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-05 (1745 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130820.1) SourcePackage: monit UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2018-04-23 (115 days ago) modified.conffile..etc.monit.conf-available.apache2: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.monit.monitrc: [inaccessible: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/monit/monitrc'] modified.conffile..etc.monit.templates.rootbin: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.monit.templates.rootrc: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.monit.templates.rootstrict: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.monit.conf-available.apache2: 2017-07-20T17:06:11.309116 mtime.conffile..etc.monit.templates.rootbin: 2017-11-03T12:27:27.329460 mtime.conffile..etc.monit.templates.rootrc: 2017-11-03T12:27:21.065539 mtime.conffile..etc.monit.templates.rootstrict: 2017-11-03T12:27:14.249625 ** Affects: monit (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1787623 Title: monit monitor <foo> fails after upgrade to 1:5.16-2ubuntu0.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/monit/+bug/1787623/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs