The fix:
Index: src/state.c
===================================================================
--- src/state.c (revision 5699)
+++ src/state.c (revision 5700)
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@
void State_update() {
+ /* Ignore empty state file */
+ if ((lseek(file, 0L, SEEK_END) == 0))
+ return;
TRY
{
if (lseek(file, 0L, SEEK_SET) == -1)
On Feb 4, 2013, at 10:58 PM, Martin Pala <mart...@tildeslash.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> yet one note - the error is logged also when monit starts for the first time
> (this is minor bug, we'll fix) ... the error can be ignored, monit works
> normally even if the state wasn't read.
>
> Regards,
> Martin
>
>
> On Feb 4, 2013, at 9:40 PM, Martin Pala <mart...@tildeslash.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Sergey,
>>
>> the magic is used to differentiate old state file format (which started with
>> number of services) from the new extensible state file format (starts with
>> 0, which is the "magic" - older monit versions will always start with number
>> > 0).
>>
>> It seems that the user's statefile is probably empty, hence the error is
>> returned.
>>
>> The solution is simple:
>>
>> 1.) stop monit
>> 2.) remove the state file: rm -f /var/lib/monit/state
>> 3.) start monit (will create new state file)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Martin
>>
>>
>>
>> On Feb 4, 2013, at 8:05 PM, Sergey B Kirpichev <skirpic...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> At the first startup of monit (just installed) users see:
>>> [EDT Jun 24 21:26:20] error : State file '/var/lib/monit/state': Unable to
>>> read magic
>>>
>>> Example:
>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/monit/+bug/1017327
>>>
>>> That's normal? Is there any way to prevent this "confusing" message
>>> for this case?
>>>
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