> -----Original Message----- > From: Krist van Besien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Donnerstag, 7. Juli 2005 16:50 > To: users@httpd.apache.org > Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Error message > > > On 7/7/05, Boyle Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Krist van Besien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Donnerstag, 7. Juli 2005 12:53 > > > To: users@httpd.apache.org > > > Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Error message > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > does someone know what this means: > > > > > > [Wed Jul 06 15:23:18 2005] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] > request failed: > > > error reading the headers, referer: > > > http://xxx.yyy.ch:7100/Portal?cmd=CCI&xmla > > > > This doesn't look like a standard apache message (ie, from > apache core or extension modules). Do you have any > third-party modules loaded - particularly one which might > want to read the Referer header? > > We do not have any third party modules. > > I did truncate the referer part thoug (as it was quite long). Could it > be that the referrer contains illegal characters?
You already sent this reply - did you mean to add something? What do you mean about truncating the Referer? I get the impression you think that the Referer is the thing after the "?" in the URL - it's not; that's the query string. The Referer is a header in the request which contains the URL of the page the user was on when he clicked a link to your page (eg, if you are on a page with URL http://foo/bar and you click on a link with URL http://wibble/ then the request to wibble contains the header "Referer: http://foo/bar";. The referer is usually generated automatically by the browser but it can be switched off or set to anything the client chooses - you have no guarantee that it will be present or accurate. So it's a bit strange that an apache process would regard it as an [error] that couldn't find it. The error you are seeing appears in the apache error log. Therefore it is inserted there by something which hooks into the apache logging API. Usually, this is an apache module. Are you sure you don't have any extra modules added? - do "httpd -l" to check what modules are compiled in - grep LoadModule httpd.conf to see what modules are loaded dynamically What were the results of cross-checking the error and access logs? Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. PS - the correct English spelling of the active noun derived from the verb "to refer" is "referrer". However, whoever wrote the HTTP RFC spelt it wrongly as "Referer". This is now built into so much code on the web that it is probably easier to change the English language than the RFC... > > Krist > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Solothurn, Switzerland > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP > Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender urgently and then immediately delete the message and any copies of it from your system. Please also immediately destroy any hardcopies of the message. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. The sender's company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them to be the views of the sender's company. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
