Re: [cobalt-users] RAQ3 Logs

[Jens Kristian Søgaard <jens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> We had a similar problem of a site on a raq3 that got alot of hits. For
some
> reason, web.log was 0k all the time. We deleted the site and remade it. No

Maybe because the 10% of the site quota wasn't large enough to hold the
logs?

> Now be sure that the file is allowed to be deleted by a user in domain.com
> because the server WILL NOT delete thse files automatically! It's your job
or
> your customers job to delete that file.

I would rather say, that you need to be sure that the file CANNOT be deleted
by a user. If a user can write into the directory, he can link up the
filename to for example /etc/shadow -- i.e. he can overwrite any file he
wants to on the system.

When you delete / move the logfile, it is also necessary to send a SIGHUP
signal to Apache. This requires root privileges, so your average user can't
really do it.

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Jens Kristian Søgaard, Mermaid Consulting I/S,
jens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
http://www.mermaidconsulting.com/