Trying to read my log files

IKLOP · August 16th, 2004, 10:55 PM

Hey, I am trying to read my log file so that I can analyze them myself rather than having to use awstats or webalizer. But Im having trouble getting access to the file. From a tmp awstats file I've found that the logs are stored at /usr/local/apache/domlogs/iklopstudios.com but I can't open the file using php. I get a permission denied error. So I wrote up a little perl script and for some reason that was able to read the file

So then I tried to call the perl script from the php script useing the exec() function, but then the perl script failed to open the file (i'm guessing it inherited the same access priveledges as the php script

). So my quesion is, is there anyway to get around this? I'd hate to have to write the entire script in perl.

**Dave** · August 17th, 2004, 3:10 PM

With surpass, your logs are stored in your home directory. When you FTP in, it's in the logs/ folder. You could also retrieve them in cPanel using the raw logs manager.

IKLOP · August 17th, 2004, 3:30 PM

The logs in the home directory are not the most recent logs. Those are updated about once a day, sometimes longer. The logs in /usr/local/apache/domlogs/iklopstudios.com are the raw access logs that I'm trying to access, but I would like to read them without having to go through cpanel, and using php.

**Dave** · August 17th, 2004, 3:34 PM

The most recent ones are at:
ftp://username_logs:password[at]ftp.domain.net/domain.net

IKLOP · August 17th, 2004, 3:41 PM

I didn't know you could get logs that way. I guess that will work, thanks

August 16th, 2004, 10:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
IKLOP Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Sep 2003 5 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Trying to read my log files Hey, I am trying to read my log file so that I can analyze them myself rather than having to use awstats or webalizer. But Im having trouble getting access to the file. From a tmp awstats file I've found that the logs are stored at /usr/local/apache/domlogs/iklopstudios.com but I can't open the file using php. I get a permission denied error. So I wrote up a little perl script and for some reason that was able to read the file So then I tried to call the perl script from the php script useing the exec() function, but then the perl script failed to open the file (i'm guessing it inherited the same access priveledges as the php script ). So my quesion is, is there anyway to get around this? I'd hate to have to write the entire script in perl. __________________ iklopstudios.com - flash

August 17th, 2004, 3:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dave Third Plateau Comfy Contributor Joined in Apr 2004 Lives in East Hanover, New Jersey Hosted on Nifty 272 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	With surpass, your logs are stored in your home directory. When you FTP in, it's in the logs/ folder. You could also retrieve them in cPanel using the raw logs manager. __________________ site (syberdave.net) - server (nifty)

August 17th, 2004, 3:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dave Third Plateau Comfy Contributor Joined in Apr 2004 Lives in East Hanover, New Jersey Hosted on Nifty 272 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	The most recent ones are at: ftp://username_logs:password[at]ftp.domain.net/domain.net __________________ site (syberdave.net) - server (nifty)

August 17th, 2004, 3:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
IKLOP Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Sep 2003 5 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	I didn't know you could get logs that way. I guess that will work, thanks __________________ iklopstudios.com - flash

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August 17th, 2004, 3:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
IKLOP Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Sep 2003 5 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	The logs in the home directory are not the most recent logs. Those are updated about once a day, sometimes longer. The logs in /usr/local/apache/domlogs/iklopstudios.com are the raw access logs that I'm trying to access, but I would like to read them without having to go through cpanel, and using php.

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