nonitrc file is blank

Shorrie · 11-09-2018, 03:44 PM

I'm following alone on youtube tutor linux videos to learn linux. One of the videos walk you thur installing and editing monit. It called for me to mv monitrc to monitrc-ORIG. now when i open monitrc in nano it's blank. I did this as root. Is there a way to fix this?

If I do cat monitrc or monitrc-ORIG i get the below:
cat: monit: no such file or directory

running Ubuntu version 18.04 kernel 4.15.0-38 generic

Thank you advance for helping me

Shorrie · 11-09-2018, 03:50 PM

Sorry meant monitrc file is blank

scasey · 11-09-2018, 04:16 PM

if you

Code:

mv monitrc monitrc-ORIG

then monitrc will not longer exist, so

Code:

cat monitrc

will say no such file or directory. Are you sure the instruction wasn't to copy (cp) the file?

When you nano monitrc, it's not blank, see the "New file" at the bottom of the screen?

So what you're seeing is what you should see.

What's your question?

Shorrie · 11-09-2018, 05:10 PM

no the instructions called for mv. the first time i open monitrc in nano it had context in there. now when i open it, it's blank. So does that mean that monit is no longer working? I'm new to linux so this stuff is new to me.

Thanks for replying

Shorrie · 11-09-2018, 06:13 PM

Is there a way to get the original monitrc file back or can i copy a monitrc file from somewhere?

berndbausch · 11-09-2018, 06:35 PM

If monitrc-ORIG still exists:

Code:

mv monitrc-ORIG monitrc

Or, if you want to keep a file named monitrc-ORIG, use cp instead of mv.

Alternatively, I suppose you can reinstall monit to get the original file.

berndbausch · 11-09-2018, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shorrie

no the instructions called for mv. the first time i open monitrc in nano it had context in there. now when i open it, it's blank. So does that mean that monit is no longer working? I'm new to linux so this stuff is new to me.

Thanks for replying

I would guess that monit doesn’t work correctly if monitrc is absent.

nano shows a blank page because you renamed the file monitrc-ORIG, and no file named monitrc exists anymore. For nano, it looks like you want to create a new file with this name.

Shorrie · 11-09-2018, 08:42 PM

Hi Berndbausch thanks for replying. Is there anyway to download a another copy of the monitrc file?

Thanks
Shorrie

berndbausch · 11-09-2018, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shorrie

Hi Berndbausch thanks for replying. Is there anyway to download a another copy of the monitrc file?

Sorry, but I don't know this application.

You must have installed it somehow in the first place. If you perform the same installation steps, you are bound to have your monitrc back. To reinstall it, the following command should do the trick:

Code:

apt-get --reinstall install

Shorrie · 11-09-2018, 10:18 PM

Berndbausch that the monit software to monitor. I tried installing it again but it says "monit is already the newest version". I guess there is no way to reinstall monit.

Thanks for your help.

berndbausch · 11-09-2018, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shorrie

Berndbausch that the monit software to monitor. I tried installing it again but it says "monit is already the newest version". I guess there is no way to reinstall monit.

Of course there is. Uninstall it using apt remove, then install it with apt install. And while I don't know apt so well, I would be surprised if it had no "force" option of some kind.

Shorrie · 11-09-2018, 10:59 PM

bendbaush would the command be apt-get remove monit

Thank you for replying so quick

Shorrie · 11-09-2018, 11:11 PM

bernbauch i remove the software using apt-get remove monit
then i tried to reinstall using apt-get install monit

I get the following message when the installed was running: Failed to start LSB: service and resource monitoring daemon. Is there a way to fix that error?

I want bother you again tonight.
Thank you so much for answering and helping me

berndbausch · 11-09-2018, 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shorrie

Failed to start LSB: service and resource monitoring daemon

Something when wrong when starting monit. You may get clues from the output of this command:

Code:

systemctl status monit

How did you install it in the first place?

Also, what is your goal? Do you have a strong need to set up monit, or do you want to learn Linux from the videos you mention? In the latter case, I would not bother with monit and move on. Once you learn about service management with systemd (that is the service management environment used by Ubuntu), you will understand the error message and know how to address it.

Shorrie · 11-09-2018, 11:37 PM

I used the following command to install monit
apt-get install monit

I just wanted to follow alone with the videos but I can move alone if it's not a big deal to have monit