Logging via rotatelog in a handler -- wise?

2004-02-05 Thread Tofu Optimist
Hi -- I am a new user of MP2. Pardon my basic questions. Here's my situation: My Apache generates 4 sets of logs. Three of them are generated by Apache directly: access, error, and a custom log tracking access for certain file types. The fourth is made by a MP2 handler dealing with redirects

Re: err_headers_out vs headers_out

2003-10-18 Thread Tofu Optimist
I missed the reference to Recipe 3.13. That was right on target. Thanks. I am interpreting that recipe to mean "when setting the HTTP header fields for a redirect, always use err_headers_out, except when setting location, which is a special case, and may use headers_out". Holler if I am off base

Re: err_headers_out vs headers_out

2003-10-18 Thread Tofu Optimist
importantly, why? I am interesting in learning the difference between the two method calls. As I still don't understand why in all the examples given the Location param goes in a header_out, while everything else goes in a err_header_out. Many thanks TO --- Ged Haywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED

err_headers_out vs headers_out

2003-10-18 Thread Tofu Optimist
[1] When should one use err_headers_out and when should one use headers_out? I know when redirecting the former is used for Set-Cookie and the later is used for Location (Practical Mod Perl p. 756), but what about cache control, p3p, etc? (code fragment below) [2] Also, what is the difference be

"You have requested an encrypted page that contains some unencrypted information..."

2003-10-16 Thread Tofu Optimist
Hi -- Not sure if this a mod_perl problem or not, but I seek any advice to how I might be able to avoid to solve it using mod_perl. On my site http://www.aaa.com I have a link to https://www.bbb.com/redirect. /redirect is handled by Redirect.pm, a mod_perl 2 module which sets a cookie and redire

Re: cookies seen and not seen

2003-10-14 Thread Tofu Optimist
Many thanks Hari. Turns I was having an "acme.com" vs. "www.acme.com" cookie descrepancy, and I didn't notice the obvious until you reminded me. I am glad it wasn't a mod_perl or apache oddity! Curious: does scheme matter? That is, can a cookie set by http://acme.com be read by https://acme.c

cookies seen and not seen

2003-10-14 Thread Tofu Optimist
Hi -- I have a site which mananges photos for visitors. I log cookies to a log file using the recipe from http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/user/handlers/http.html#PerlLogHandler. Here's the code package CookLog; use strict; use warnings; use Fcntl qw(:flock); sub handler { my $r = shift;

logs 101: newbie questions r.e. log analysis and rolling

2003-09-24 Thread Tofu Optimist
Hi -- Apologies for some very basic questions about logs. I am a newbie, running Apache 2 and ModPerl 2 on a RedHat Linux box. Pointers to relevant docs or postings bery much appreciated. Seeking advice & opinions. [1] What are my options for rolling Apache logs? Is there a preferred Apache tool