Re: Value of ErrorLog directive via mod_perl
* Doug MacEachern | | On 15 Sep 2000, Bjørn Ola Smievoll wrote: | | I need to retrieve the value of the ErrorLog directive (i.e. the path | filename of the error_log), but I can't find a way to do it with | mod_perl. (The C api equivalent is the error_fname field in the | server_rec struct). | | this patch should work. can you tell me why you need it so i can decide | if this should be added to the distribution? I want to return the last 5 lines or so of the error_log each time there's a 500 error. The faculty and students ordinarily don't have access to the error log, so it will be helpful for them to see the last lines from the log file to help them fix problems with their documents (mostly wrong file perms and stuff like that). I could hardcode the value, but since we distribute our server package to well over 50 servers, some running multiple virtualhosts, I doubt that would work very well. (From a security standpoint this might not be the best idea, so I'll probably limit it to lines that start with [ (so not to return the occasional perl code dump) and to our local domain as it's only useful if you're able to fix the problem as well (useful in an non-evil-minded context that is)). Thanks, (bo)
Re: Value of ErrorLog directive via mod_perl
On 26 Sep 2000, Bjørn Ola Smievoll wrote: I want to return the last 5 lines or so of the error_log each time there's a 500 error. The faculty and students ordinarily don't have access to the error log, so it will be helpful for them to see the last lines from the log file to help them fix problems with their documents (mostly wrong file perms and stuff like that). I could hardcode the value, but since we distribute our server package to well over 50 servers, some running multiple virtualhosts, I doubt that would work very well. ok, that does sound useful. i've committed the patch to cvs.
Re: Value of ErrorLog directive via mod_perl
On 15 Sep 2000, Bjørn Ola Smievoll wrote: I need to retrieve the value of the ErrorLog directive (i.e. the path filename of the error_log), but I can't find a way to do it with mod_perl. (The C api equivalent is the error_fname field in the server_rec struct). this patch should work. can you tell me why you need it so i can decide if this should be added to the distribution? Index: src/modules/perl/Server.xs === RCS file: /home/cvs/modperl/src/modules/perl/Server.xs,v retrieving revision 1.6 diff -u -r1.6 Server.xs --- src/modules/perl/Server.xs 1999/08/20 08:34:43 1.6 +++ src/modules/perl/Server.xs 2000/09/25 20:12:57 @@ -135,6 +135,16 @@ # char *names;/* Wildcarded names for HostAlias servers */ # char *virthost; /* The name given in VirtualHost */ +char * +error_fname(server) +Apache::Server server + +CODE: +RETVAL = server-error_fname; + +OUTPUT: +RETVAL + int timeout(server, set=0) Apache::Server server
Value of ErrorLog directive via mod_perl
I need to retrieve the value of the ErrorLog directive (i.e. the path filename of the error_log), but I can't find a way to do it with mod_perl. (The C api equivalent is the error_fname field in the server_rec struct). Any hints? Thanks, (bo)
