[Announce] Monit 5.5

[Martin Pala]

Hi, everyone!

We have just released Monit 5.5. You can download the new release from:

http://mmonit.com/monit/download/


Release information:
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IMPROVEMENTS:

* check program:

        - Multiple exit values can be tested within single program check

        - Exit value test supports multiple cycles option ("for X cycles")

        - If exit value test matches and the stderr has no data, try stdout

  Example syntax:

    check program mytest with path "/usr/bin/mytest.sh" with timeout 1000 seconds

       if status == 2 then exec "/usr/local/bin/fix_script.sh"

       if status == 2 for 6 cycles then unmonitor

       if status == 10 then alert

* Renamed mail header (message-id and mime-version) to prevent

  triggering spam check of capitalization. Thanks to Ryan Lee

  for tips.

* The 'check system <name>' statement sets the system hostname in mail

  alerts and initial hostname in M/Monit.

* Increase the default mailserver timeout to 30 seconds.

* Add support for OpenBSD 5.1.

BUGFIXES:

* Fix the rare hung on linux which may occur during program execution.

  Thanks to Nick Upson for report.

* In the case that the process start/restart execution failed,

  monit kept "Execution failed" flag even if the process was

  recovered later (for example it was starting slowly or manually

  recovered).

* Fix the mail alert (strict SMTP implementation) to pass

  MTA-side sanity checks like postscreen. Thanks to Len Conrad

  for report.

* The -t option tests the configuration file syntax even if the

  file permissions are wrong. Thanks to Adam Nielsen for report.

* Do not display the default non-existence test for the check

  program (not applicable in the check program context).

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Best regards from the Monit team