RE: [cobalt-developers] Webilizer 2.01 PKG install - setup CountryResolves?

[Matthew Nuzum <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2001-12-29 at 16:45, Nigel Hewett wrote:
    Matthew,
    
    	Being a newbie I don't believe I have a conf file. This was
    installed via the web interface as a pkg and I have not done no more. I
    gather this is just run daily via the webalizer.pl in the section :
    
You do, it's /etc/webalizer.conf I believe.  You can run the following
command to find it:
locate webalizer.conf
       $messages .=
           `webalizer -n $asite -s $asite -r $asite -q -T -o $thepath
    $prefix/$asit
    /logs/web.log`;
    
    could I amend this to include the dns lookup? If so how?
Yes you can.  The last link in my message has very clear instructions on
what to do.  I personally prefer the webalizer.conf file but either will
provide a workable solution.
    
Matt Nuzum

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Matthew Nuzum [mailto:cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
    Sent: 29 December 2001 20:30
    To: Cobalt Dev
    Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] Webilizer 2.01 PKG install - setup
    CountryResolves?
    
    On Sat, 2001-12-29 at 12:40, Hemant Arora wrote:
        Dear Nigel,
        
        As far as I know is you need to switch on the HostNameLookup ON in
        httpd.conf. By default its OFF and it records IP no's rather than
    domain
        name. Once its ON the next time webalizer generate the report It
    will show
        you the Country Pie chart.
    Yikes!  Don't do this, there's a better way.  If you do this, you will
    slow your server way down, and in some cases, people may not be able to
    see websites on your server! (for instance, reverse lookups fail or go
    very slow).
    
    All webalizer 2 versions have reverse DNS lookups built in.  THerefore
    it will resolve the names in the logfile automatically when the log
    files are processed.  
    
    In your webalizer.conf file, set the following options:
    DNSChildren 5
    	You can go as high as 20 without too much problem.  
    	If you have 512 MB Ram or more do 20, otherwise do 5 - 10.
    DNSCache /home/webalizer/cache.dns
    
    Those two options will cause webalizer to process the log files twice,
    once to resolve the IP address and store them in a cache file, the
    second time to create the reports as usual, using the DNS name in the
    cache instead of the ip address.
    
    Processing log files will take 2-3 times longer than normal, but
    hopefully you're processing your log files during your off peak hours.
    
    I documented this a while back at www.bearfruit.org and you can get more
    information at www.mrunix.com/webalizer and
    ftp://ftp.mrunix.net/pub/webalizer/DNS.README
    
    Matt Nuzum