[svlug] Webalizer on Redhat 7.1

[Johnny Hall]

I set HostnameLookups On and it works fine now.  I was searching through the
httpd.conf file for dns and bind.  Silly me. ;-)

Thanks,


Johnny


Ian Kluft wrote:

> >From: Johnny Hall <jhall at newsgrade.com>
> >I'm using Webalizer 2.01 on Redhat 7.1 and in the top sites section
> >under monthly usage all I'm getting are the I.P. addresses.  So I'm sure
> >this has something to do with reverse lookup, but I can't find where to
> >set that up in Webilizer.  Will Webalizer lookup I.P. pulled from the
> >access_log or is it Apache's responsibility to do that and Webalizer
> >just reports what's in the log file?  If not I may have a DNS issue
> >(which isn't running on this box) and am open to any suggestions on that
> >front.
>
> It's just reporting what it finds in your web server logs.  You can have
> either Webalizer or your web server do the lookups.  If nothing else
> (including you) reads the logs, then definitely have Webalizer do it.
>    ftp://ftp.mrunix.net/pub/webalizer/DNS.README
>
> Assuming you're using Apache and want it to do the lookups, you'll want to
> turn on the host name lookups with this configuration directive:
>    HostnameLookups On
>
> Be aware of the tradeoff you're making if you have the web server do the
> lookups.  It isn't for free performance-wise, which is why it's turned off
> by default.  It will take more work for Apache to handle each web request,
> which will be done while the user is waiting for your server to respond.
> (This is so that you can allow/deny services by remote host.)  If you have
> a low-volume site, this may not matter to you.
>
> To improve the performance of the reverse lookups, make sure you have at
> least a caching name server on the same machine as the web server.  And
> /etc/resolv.conf must point at the local nameserver first.
> --
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