Re: FreeBSD bootup service start issues

Marco Moock <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:06:36 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.monitoring.monit.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Am 29.04.26 um 20:40 schrieb Marco Moock:
> Am 29.04.26 um 20:32 schrieb Lutz Mader via This is the general mailing 
> list for monit:
>> if you only want to monitor a specific process, use the "mode passive"
>> for the service.
>> This prevents Monit from (re)starting the process, but the process
>> status remains available in Monit.
>>
>> The suggestion, to use the "onreboot nostart" option prevents Monit from
>> starting the process after a reboot, but sets the monitoring status to
>> "Not monitored."
> 
> I currently have set that, but the process has status Monitored. I 
> restarted monit, but not the OS itself.
> 
> Does that change if I restart the OS?
> 
> Process 'named'
>    status                       OK
>    monitoring status            Monitored
>    monitoring mode              active
>    on reboot                    nostart

I've now tested that, it changes after the reboot.
I've now only set mode passive.
A restart of monit is not enough to apply the changes in monitrc.

Can someone explain that?


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Marco

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