I have a patch at
http://www.theashergroup.
com/download, ns_log_modes, that modifies nsd/log.c to examine a
new config.tcl parameter
ns_section ns/parameters
ns_param serverlogmode 0664
nsd/log.c will open the server log and then change its mode to
serverlogmode. Serverlogmode defaults to 0644.
Also, the access log has a similar change:
ns_section ns/server/yourserver/module/nslog
ns_param accessmode 0664
ns_param iplookups true
nslog/nslog.c will open the access log and then change its mode to
accessmode. Accessmode also defaults to 0644.
I find that opening logs to different modes is useful for ISPs or
corporate installations of AOLserver, in which different users, at
different times, may need to start/stop AOLserver, and/or delete the
log files.
I also added a new parameter, iplookups that defaults to off. If set
to on, then the access log will perform Reverse DNS Lookups for you.
The usual caveat applies, that this can slow down overall AOLserver
performance.
