I am a new apache2 user and have started mining my access logs (with Perl progs) for certain info. I have had great success using the Parse::AccessLogEntry module from cpan.org, but I have had a few instances where it bombed on the default extended common format. In those cases I found that a user tried to enter a $REMOTE_USER name with spaces (e.g., "Joe Lee") and the resulting log parse bombed because the log format does not have the %u protected by quotes. I'm sorry to say I've deleted those lines in the access log so I don't know what return code was shown, but the error log shows "Digest: user `Joe Lee' in realm `realm' not found" (name and realm disguised here). I can think of several solutions, but where does the real problem lie? My thoughts: 1. I can put quotes around the "%u" which will work for me, but now I have to mod the parser to always expect it. 2. Should the Apache log format be changed? Is it a bug, or should it become a new, named log format? 3. Can such a user name be filtered by Apache and replace the space with the http URL space encoding '%20' or '+'? 4. Should the auth modules reject such names? So far it has just been an irritant, but I would like to know is this my problem alone, or is it something for an upstream solution? If it's my problem, suggested fixes will be appreciated. Thanks and best regards, -Tom Thomas M. Browder, Jr. Niceville, Florida USA --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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