herauthon <mailto:herauthon@xxxxxxx> wrote: > http://yoursite.net/ < - main page w/o path > ihmo > 127.0.0.1 - - [27/Nov/2006:12:57:00 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 3751 > "-" "Apache/2.2.3 (Unix) (internal dummy connection)" > 127.0.0.1 - - [27/Nov/2006:12:57:00 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 3751 > "-" "Apache/2.2.3 (Unix) (internal dummy connection)" Well.. x.x.x.x - mmartens [10/Jan/2007:14:28:06 +0100] "GET /guestbook.php HTTP/1.1" 200 12686 x.x.x.x - - [10/Jan/2007:14:28:06 +0100] "GET /images/mail2.png HTTP/1.1" 200 757 The first - is the remote logname if supplied (identd). The second - is the remote username if authenticated. The meaning of each field depends on your logformat. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/logs.html Example from this url: LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common CustomLog logs/access_log common Format strings can be foud here: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_log_config.html#formats Grts, Rob > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jekillen" <jekillen@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 1:06 AM > Subject: stupid question > > >> Hello Apache users out there. >> I have a rookie question regarding >> access log entries. >> What is being requested with >> '-' '-' ? is this just a ping? >> I have a site that has attracted some >> one with a passion for this and it has >> been wasting the memory on this >> machine, to the point where processes >> won't run. I have been rebooting to >> resolve the issue. The fool who is doing >> this doesn't know that there is nothing >> but a placeholder page and it is not >> running a network mail server. And all >> that is being accomplished is interference >> with secondary name server. >> Thanks in advance. >> JK --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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