I can confirm this as a problem on this  new server I'm working on, brand new 
installation of monit, using:
aptitude update;aptitude install monit

While trying to connect to view monit status or summary one gets:

monit: error connecting to the monit droot@lcfp:/var/log# ps aux|grep monit
root      3226  0.0  0.0  30384  1144 ?        S    14:54   0:00 /usr/bin/monit 
-c /etc/monit/monitrc
root      3545  0.0  0.0   9380   916 pts/0    S+   15:15   0:00 grep 
--color=auto monit
root@lcfp:/var/log# 
aemon
root@lcfp:/var/log# monit status
monit: error connecting to the monit daemon
root@lcfp:/var/log# 

root@lcfp:/var/log# uname -a
Linux lcfp 3.5.0-23-generic #35~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 25 17:13:26 UTC 
2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

root@lcfp:/var/log# dpkg -l|grep -i 'monit '
ii  monit                              1:5.3.2-1                    utility for 
monitoring and managing daemons or similar programs

root@lcfp:/var/log# dmidecode -t system|grep Product
        Product Name: Lenovo ThinkServer RD530
root@lcfp:/var/log# dmidecode -t processor|grep Intel
        Manufacturer: Intel
        Version: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2640 0 @ 2.50GHz

root@lcfp:/var/log# cat /var/log/monit.log 
[PDT Apr 19 14:54:15] info     : monit: generated unique Monit id 
c7be657b41345a17935b7b415df47588 and stored to '/var/lib/monit/id'
[PDT Apr 19 14:54:15] info     : Starting monit daemon
[PDT Apr 19 14:54:15] error    : State file '/var/lib/monit/state': Unable to 
read magic
[PDT Apr 19 14:54:15] info     : 'system_lcfp.shmi.ath.cx' Monit started
[PDT Apr 19 14:54:21] error    : monit: error connecting to the monit daemon
[PDT Apr 19 14:55:36] error    : monit: error connecting to the monit daemon
[PDT Apr 19 14:57:39] error    : monit: error connecting to the monit daemon
[PDT Apr 19 14:58:44] info     : [PDT Apr 19 14:58:44] info     : monit daemon 
at 3226 awakened
Awakened by User defined signal 1
[PDT Apr 19 15:08:30] error    : monit: error connecting to the monit daemon
[PDT Apr 19 15:08:38] error    : monit: error connecting to the monit daemon

Have tried reinstalling monit, ie aptitude purge


** Changed in: monit (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => Confirmed

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