Re: [cobalt-users] [RAQ3] Turning HostnameLookups On

["Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Giuseppe Varriale" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> i'd like to log the visitors hostname instead just their IP
> Now, on my raq3 I have watched the following folder
<snip>
> httpd.conf
</snip>
> # HostnameLookups: Log the names of clients or just their IP numbers
> #   e.g.   www.apache.org (on) or 204.62.129.132 (off)
> # The default is off because it'd be overall better for the net if people
> # had to knowingly turn this feature on.
>
> HostnameLookups off
>
> My question is: is it enough to put it On in order to get it working well?

Yes.  Then restart Apache.

> As far as I can see there isn't such kind of option within the raq3 GUI so
I
> wonder if there are some 'hidden' troubles doing that 'by hands'?

Not related to doing it by hand.  Pages may load slower for some people
since DNS will be looked up before serving the page.

> Last but not least, I wonder if I have to modify also the following two
> files:
> ---------------------
> httpd.conf.master
> httpd.conf.packagesave

No.

--
Steve Werby
President, Befriend Internet Services LLC
http://www.befriend.com/