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I cannot reproduce this on awstats 7.0~dfsg-5 on Precise. I did: apt-get install awstats /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=yourdomain.ext -update I got: Error: SiteDomain parameter not defined in your config/domain file. You must edit it for using this version of AWStats. Setup ('/etc/awstats/awstats.conf' file, web server or permissions) may be wrong. Check config file, permissions and AWStats documentation (in 'docs' directory). So it looks like awstats.pl is looking in /etc/awstats as expected. strace -eopen lists the following relevant file open attempts: open("/usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.yourdomain.ext.conf", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.conf", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("yourdomain.ext", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/awstats/awstats.yourdomain.ext.conf", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/awstats/awstats.conf", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/etc/awstats/awstats.conf.local", O_RDONLY) = 4 I then installed apache2, and set SiteDomain to "example.com" in /etc/awstats/awstate.conf. Then: # /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=example.com -update Create/Update database for config "/etc/awstats/awstats.conf" by AWStats version 7.0 (build 1.971) >From data in log file "/var/log/apache2/access.log"... Phase 1 : First bypass old records, searching new record... Searching new records from beginning of log file... Jumped lines in file: 0 Parsed lines in file: 0 Found 0 dropped records, Found 0 comments, Found 0 blank records, Found 0 corrupted records, Found 0 old records, Found 0 new qualified records. Note that www-data cannot read /var/log/apache2/ by default. Are you sure that your problem isn't just that you should be running awstats.pl -update as something that can read the logs? I just used the documentation you pointed to. If this turns out to be a local misconfiguration, please change the bug status to Invalid. Otherwise, please set the bug status to New after you have responded. ** Changed in: awstats (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1181790 Title: looking in /usr/lib/cgi-bin instead of /etc/awstats To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/awstats/+bug/1181790/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs