Monit 4.8.1 doesn't support "start delay" option - it was added in Monit 5.0.
Regards, Martin On Aug 19, 2013, at 2:51 PM, "John Moore" <[email protected]> wrote: > I've installed monit 4.8.1 on a Debian system, from the repository. I > cannot start the daemon, though, because of a reported syntax error in > the control file, which doesn't make any sense to me. I get the > following error: > > /etc/monit/monitrc:20: Error: syntax error 'start' > > The line in question is this: > > set daemon 60 with start delay 240 > > To my eye, that is perfectly valid syntax according to the > documentation. So what could the problem be? I have uninstalled and > reinstalled monit and the problem remains. The strangest thing is that > monit has in the past run perfectly well with this exact same control > file. I am at a loss to know what the problem now might be, and nay help > would be much appreciated. > > -- > To unsubscribe: > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monit-general -- To unsubscribe: https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monit-general
