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<H1 ALIGN="CENTER">Module mod_log_common</H1>

This module is contained in the <CODE>mod_log_common.c</CODE> file,
and is compiled in by default. It provides for logging of the requests
made to the server using the Common Logfile Format. This module has
been replaced by mod_log_config in Apache 1.2

<H2>Log file format</H2>
The log file contains a separate line for each request. A line is composed
of several tokens separated by spaces:
<BLOCKQUOTE>
host ident authuser date request status bytes
</BLOCKQUOTE>
If a token does not have a value then it is represented by a hyphen (-).
The meanings and values of these tokens are as follows:
<DL>
<DT>host
<DD>The fully-qualified domain name of the client, or its IP number if the
name is not available.
<DT>ident
<DD>If <A HREF="core.html#identitycheck">IdentityCheck</A> is enabled and the
client machine runs identd, then this is the identity information reported
by the client.
<DT>authuser
<DD>If the request was for an password protected document, then this is
the userid used in the request.
<DT>date
<DD>The date and time of the request, in the following format:
<DL><DD><BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> date = [day/month/year:hour:minute:second zone] <BR>
day = 2*digit<BR>
month = 3*letter<BR>
year = 4*digit<BR>
hour = 2*digit<BR>
minute = 2*digit<BR>
second = 2*digit<BR>
zone = (`+' | `-') 4*digit</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE></DL>
<DT>request
<DD>The request line from the client, enclosed in double quotes
(<CODE>&quot;</CODE>).
<DT>status
<DD>The three digit status code returned to the client.
<DT>bytes
<DD>The number of bytes in the object returned to the client, not including
any headers.
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<H2>Directives</H2>
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<LI><A HREF="#transferlog">TransferLog</A>
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<H2><A NAME="transferlog">TransferLog</A></H2>
<!--%plaintext &lt;?INDEX {\tt TransferLog} directive&gt; -->
<A
 HREF="directive-dict.html#Syntax"
 REL="Help"
><STRONG>Syntax:</STRONG></A> TransferLog <EM>file-pipe</EM><BR>
<A
 HREF="directive-dict.html#Default"
 REL="Help"
><STRONG>Default:</STRONG></A> <CODE>TransferLog logs/transfer_log</CODE><BR>
<A
 HREF="directive-dict.html#Context"
 REL="Help"
><STRONG>Context:</STRONG></A> server config, virtual host<BR>
<A
 HREF="directive-dict.html#Status"
 REL="Help"
><STRONG>Status:</STRONG></A> Base<BR>
<A
 HREF="directive-dict.html#Module"
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><STRONG>Module:</STRONG></A> mod_log_common<P>

The TransferLog directive sets the name of the file to which the server will
log the incoming requests. <EM>File-pipe</EM> is one
of
<DL><DT>A filename
<DD>A filename relative to the <A HREF="core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</A>.
<DT> `|' followed by a command
<DD>A program to receive the agent log information on its standard input.
Note the a new program will not be started for a VirtualHost if it inherits
the TransferLog from the main server.
</DL>
<STRONG>Security:</STRONG> if a program is used, then it will be
run under the user who started httpd. This will be root if the server
was started by root; be sure that the program is secure.<P>

<STRONG>Security:</STRONG> See the <A
HREF="../misc/security_tips.html">security tips</A> document for
details on why your security could be compromised if the directory
where logfiles are stored is writable by anyone other than the user
that starts the server.<P>

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