Re: process pid reuse

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Hi,

you can use the pattern based process check instead of the pidfile to prevent this problem: https://mmonit.com/monit/documentation/monit.html#Process

Best regards,

Martin

On 2 Aug 2018, at 08:17, Ranjit Noronha <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi,

I am able to install monit and monitor some of my processes. Monit works very nicely to restart my  processes when they fail.

I am using the pidfile to help recognize the process.

I have a question on process pid reuse.

Suppose a process crashes (seg faults) and its pid get recycled; ie some non-related process comes in with the pid.

The original pid is still in the pidfile created originally.

How does Monit recognize that a pid is recycled and not the original process (so now it should try to restart the original process).

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thanks,

--ranjit

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