Re: multiple pids

[Marc Petitmermet]

> > I need an additional check which counts the number of nfsd daemons  
> > and does some action when the number changes. Is this possible? I  
> > look through the documentation...
>
> Unless there are a parent process (not init), it's not possible.

I guess then that there is also no

   "check status with script /etc/init.d/serviceX"

or something similar and then I could hide some script in serviceX  
which returns some result code that monit can interpret as ok or  
failure and start some actions accordingly.

Regards,
Marc