Re: Configurable log proposal

Ari Luotonen (luotonen@ptsun00.cern.ch)
Tue, 1 Feb 94 22:15:45 +0100


> * %C client host address
>
> I assume this is a host name if known, and an IP address if the name is not
> known?

That's what I had in mind.

> * %E user email address
>
> Where is this e-mail address coming from? It will either come from the auth.
> or from identd, which are both provided below...

HTTP From: field.

> * %P protocol version
>
> HTTP protocol version, I assume?

Yes, maybe just the number, like 1.0 (?)

> I actually tossed this idea around last October. I was wondering if it was
> overkill. It will make the statistic collectors more complicated...

I didn't mean any more trouble to statistic collectors. I prefer having
a good default for this (your proposal is ok), but if someone should
happen to absolutely want a diffent kind of log then it would be possible.

Well, either way is fine. Less work for me if we just forget it :-)

-- Cheers, Ari --