> > I've got apache-1.3.12-24mdk installed on my machine. When someone accesses
> > my machine via http it doesn't show up in the logs in /var/log/httpd.
> > Sometimes it takes some minutes until the entry shows up in the logs,
> > sometimes it doesn't appear at all! HostnameLookups is off and I also tried
> > chown'ing the files in /var/log/httpd to nobody.nobody. This didn't help at
> > all.
> >
> > Is that behaviour expected, or am I doing something wrong?
> >
> > Alexander Skwar
>
> I also installed mod-perl (see previous message) and I don't seem to have
> problems with the log files. I can access one of my virtual websites and
> then check the logs, and they appear right away.
>
> I also have /etc/httpd/logs linked to /var/log/httpd, and I use sub-directories
> for each virtual websites within that log directory.
>
> My <VirtualHost www.site1.com> section contains...
> ErrorLog logs/site1/error_log
> TransferLog logs/site1/txfr_log
> CustomLog logs/site1/access_log script
> CustomLog logs/site1/access_log common
> CustomLog logs/site1/referer_log referer
> CustomLog logs/site1/agent_log agent
>
If you check the global file (/var/log/httpd/access_log) do the entries
appear immediately? I am having the same problem as the original poster
and after a bit of investigation I suspect that some (global) logging
(e.g. access_log but *not* error_log) is delayed for performance reasons.
