[UCIMC-Tech] web logs have wrong IP's, less info

Barry Isralewitz barryi at ks.uiuc.edu
Wed Apr 14 22:32:59 CDT 2010


Hi,

	Oops, the example file in the below should be

/var/log/www/thebikeproject.org-access_log

			Barry

On Apr 13, 2010, at 4:54 PM, Barry Isralewitz wrote:

> Hi,
> 	Thanks again for getting the web sites and server access back up.
> A problem, though:
>
> 	The web logs I see from the new server fixx0 seem not to contain  
> the usual info.
> 	See for example, on fixx0:
> /var/log/www/thebikeproject.org-access.log
>   -- All IP's appear as 127.0.0.1.  (Web stats software like awstats  
> will tell  me about this single unique visitor who is very  
> enthusiastic!)
>  -- There's no User-agent  or Referer info. I think  
> thebikeproject.org web logs until now were using the info-heavy  
> "Combined Log Format, which provides these, and the new logs are  
> using the sparser "Common Log Format".  At least going by http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/logs.html 
>  .
>
>   Me, I'd prefer the more informative Combined Log Format; this gets  
> a little more info back from awstats...plus can help testing.
> 	
> 	Possibly related: I'm not positive you guys want me logging in to  
> fixx0 yet in the first place, judging from the whoami result (and  
> prompt) when logged in (my userid is barryi).  Should I be logging  
> in to fixx0 yet, or should I wait a couple of days?
> ===
> I have no name!@fixx0:/var/log (((i))) whoami
> 1020
> ===
>
> 	Let me know about logs and logging in...
>
>
> 			Cheers,
>
> 			Barry
> -- 
> Barry Isralewitz
> Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group
> 3043 Beckman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
> Office Phone: (217) 244-1612
> email: barryi at ks.uiuc.edu   http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~barryi
>

-- 
Barry Isralewitz
Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group
3043 Beckman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Office Phone: (217) 244-1612
email: barryi at ks.uiuc.edu   http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~barryi


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