Re: [gentoo-user] Apache is running but its log is not

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com> wrote:

>
>
>>> Okay, there was already a thread about that, and my Python problem seems
>> solved.  I still have no log entries.
>>
>>
> Ok, as root, try lsof | grep apache and see if there are any open log
> files. You may need to emerge lsof first if you dont already have it.
>
> IIRC apache fails to start if it cant write to the log directory - could be
> wrong on that tho.
>

Well, the results are sort of consistent with what I'm seeing, but I have a
hard time making sense of it.  There were so many files open that I grepped
on "log" as well

treat ~ # lsof|grep apache|grep log
apache2    4096     apache  DEL       REG       8,44              1008213
/var/tmp/portage/www-servers/apache-2.2.17/image/usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_log_config.so
apache2    4096     apache  DEL       REG       8,44              1008230
/var/tmp/portage/www-servers/apache-2.2.17/image/usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_logio.so
apache2    4096     apache    2w      REG       8,44  16957886     204999
/var/log/apache2/error_log-20110204 (deleted)
apache2    4096     apache    8w      REG       8,44      7694     206327
/var/log/apache2/ssl_error_log-20110207 (deleted)
apache2    4096     apache    9w      REG       8,44  57327591     204998
/var/log/apache2/access_log-20110204 (deleted)
apache2    4096     apache   10w      REG       8,44      6696     206326
/var/log/apache2/ssl_access_log-20110206 (deleted)
apache2    4096     apache   11w      REG       8,44      7864     206328
/var/log/apache2/ssl_request_log-20110206 (deleted)
apache2    5288       root  DEL       REG       8,44              1008213
/var/tmp/portage/www-servers/apache-2.2.17/image/usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_log_config.so
apache2    5288       root  DEL       REG       8,44              1008230
/var/tmp/portage/www-servers/apache-2.2.17/image/usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_logio.so
apache2    5288       root    2w      REG       8,44  16957886     204999
/var/log/apache2/error_log-20110204 (deleted)
apache2    5288       root    8w      REG       8,44      7694     206327
/var/log/apache2/ssl_error_log-20110207 (deleted)
apache2    5288       root    9w      REG       8,44  57327591     204998
/var/log/apache2/access_log-20110204 (deleted)
apache2    5288       root   10w      REG       8,44      6696     206326
/var/log/apache2/ssl_access_log-20110206 (deleted)
apache2    5288       root   11w      REG       8,44      7864     206328
/var/log/apache2/ssl_request_log-20110206 (deleted)
apache2    5290     apache  DEL       REG       8,44              1008213
/var/tmp/portage/www-servers/apache-2.2.17/image/usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_log_config.so
apache2    5290     apache  DEL       REG       8,44              1008230
/var/tmp/portage/www-servers/apache-2.2.17/image/usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_logio.so
apache2    5290     apache    2w      REG       8,44  16957886     204999
/var/log/apache2/error_log-20110204 (deleted)
apache2    5290     apache    8w      REG       8,44      7694     206327
/var/log/apache2/ssl_error_log-20110207 (deleted)
apache2    5290     apache    9w      REG       8,44  57327591     204998
/var/log/apache2/access_log-20110204 (deleted)
apache2    5290     apache   10w      REG       8,44      6696     206326
/var/log/apache2/ssl_access_log-20110206 (deleted)
apache2    5290     apache   11w      REG       8,44      7864     206328
/var/log/apache2/ssl_request_log-20110206 (deleted)
apache2   23596     apache  DEL       REG       8,44              1008213
/var/tmp/portage/www-servers/apache-2.2.17/image/usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_log_config.so
apache2   23596     apache  DEL       REG       8,44              1008230
/var/tmp/portage/www-servers/apache-2.2.17/image/usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_logio.so
apache2   23596     apache    2w      REG       8,44  16957886     204999
/var/log/apache2/error_log-20110204 (deleted)
apache2   23596     apache    8w      REG       8,44      7694     206327
/var/log/apache2/ssl_error_log-20110207 (deleted)
apache2   23596     apache    9w      REG       8,44  57327591     204998
/var/log/apache2/access_log-20110204 (deleted)
apache2   23596     apache   10w      REG       8,44      6696     206326
/var/log/apache2/ssl_access_log-20110206 (deleted)
apache2   23596     apache   11w      REG       8,44      7864     206328
/var/log/apache2/ssl_request_log-20110206 (deleted)
treat ~ #

Why is everything being deleted?


In 00_mod_log_config.conf I have
<IfModule log_config_module>
# The following directives define some format nicknames for use with
# a CustomLog directive (see below).
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\""
combined
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common

LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer
LogFormat "%{User-Agent}i" agent
LogFormat "%v %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b %T" script
LogFormat "%v %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"
VLOG=%{VLOG}e" vhost

<IfModule logio_module>
# You need to enable mod_logio.c to use %I and %O
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\" %I
%O" combinedio
LogFormat "%v %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"
%I %O" vhostio
</IfModule>

# The location and format of the access logfile (Common Logfile Format).
# If you do not define any access logfiles within a <VirtualHost>
# container, they will be logged here.  Contrariwise, if you *do*
# define per-<VirtualHost> access logfiles, transactions will be
# logged therein and *not* in this file.
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access_log common

# If you would like to have agent and referer logfiles,
# uncomment the following directives.
#CustomLog /var/log/apache2/referer_log referer
#CustomLog /var/log/apache2/agent_logs agent

# If you prefer a logfile with access, agent, and referer information
# (Combined Logfile Format) you can use the following directive.
#CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access_log combined
</IfModule>

# vim: ts=4 filetype=apache

So there should be an access_log, and there is, but it has not been touched
in a while:
treat apache2 # ls -l
total 1584
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache      0 Feb  4 03:10 access_log
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache 191438 Jun 15  2009 access_log.1.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache 111538 Dec 26 03:10 access_log-20101226.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache  15152 Jan 18 03:10 access_log-20110118.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache 179611 Jan 25 03:10 access_log-20110125.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache  16844 Feb  4 03:10 access_log-20110204.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache 234663 Jun  8  2009 access_log.2.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache 270349 Jun  1  2009 access_log.3.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache 277761 May 25  2009 access_log.4.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache      0 Feb  4 03:10 error_log
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache 117611 Jun 15  2009 error_log.1.gz.out
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache  33793 Dec 26 03:10 error_log-20101226.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache   3729 Jan 18 03:10 error_log-20110118.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache  34184 Jan 25 03:10 error_log-20110125.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache   4350 Feb  4 03:10 error_log-20110204.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache   5706 Jun  8  2009 error_log.2.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache   5628 Jun  1  2009 error_log.3.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache   6344 May 25  2009 error_log.4.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache      0 Feb  6 03:10 ssl_access_log
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache     89 Dec 31 03:10 ssl_access_log-20101231.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache    137 Jan 22 03:10 ssl_access_log-20110122.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache    182 Jan 30 03:10 ssl_access_log-20110130.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache     89 Feb  6 03:10 ssl_access_log-20110206.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache      0 Feb  7 03:10 ssl_error_log
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache    122 Dec 20 03:10 ssl_error_log-20101220.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache    122 Jan 18 03:10 ssl_error_log-20110118.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache    208 Jan 30 03:10 ssl_error_log-20110130.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache    203 Feb  7 03:10 ssl_error_log-20110207.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache      0 Feb  6 03:10 ssl_request_log
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache    102 Dec 31 03:10 ssl_request_log-20101231.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache    158 Jan 22 03:10 ssl_request_log-20110122.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache    197 Jan 30 03:10 ssl_request_log-20110130.gz
-rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache    103 Feb  6 03:10 ssl_request_log-20110206.gz
treat apache2 #

-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD