problem with monitoring apache

[pavel . stratil-jun]

Hi, I have a problem with monit's apache logging. I'm using monit 4.9 on
64bit gentoo.

this is the relevant monitrc part that i have been using on my solaris
server for years without a problem (instead of localhost i had the host
set to the servers ip).

  check process apache with pidfile /var/run/apache2.pid
    start program = "/etc/init.d/apache2 start"
    stop program  = "/etc/init.d/apache2 stop"
    if failed host localhost port 80 protocol http
       and request "/monit"
       then restart

now on my home-machine this doesnt work quite right. apache is running, i
can get the token file without problems....

localhost ~ # wget http://localhost:80/monit
--02:27:18--  http://localhost/monit
           => `monit.2'
Resolving localhost... 127.0.0.1
Connecting to localhost|127.0.0.1|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3 [text/plain]
100%[=======================>] 3             --.--K/s
02:27:18 (292.97 KB/s) - `monit.2' saved [3/3]

but the apache still gets restarted because of a 404 error.

localhost ~ # tail /var/log/monit.log

[CEST Oct 11 02:29:01] info     : Awakened by User defined signal 1
[CEST Oct 11 02:29:01] error    : HTTP error: Server returned status 404
[CEST Oct 11 02:29:01] error    : 'apache' failed protocol test [HTTP] at
INET[localhost:80] via TCP
[CEST Oct 11 02:29:01] info     : 'apache' trying to restart
[CEST Oct 11 02:29:01] info     : 'apache' stop: /etc/init.d/apache2
[CEST Oct 11 02:29:02] info     : 'apache' start: /etc/init.d/apache2

am i missing something? could someone help please?
thank you in advance...
Pavel