topic Re: Apache error seaching for itassistant in Operating System - HP-UX

Apache error seaching for itassistant

Norman Dignard — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:55:56 GMT

HP's Apache B.2.0.58.00
in apache's error.log I get "File does not exist: /opt/hpws/apache/htdocs/itassistant."
There is no such file on the system.
This is a fresh default install of HPUx 11.31 (IA64).

What is this file and how to I fix this error?

Re: Apache error seaching for itassistant

Torsten. — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:01:32 GMT

Hi,

if I point my browser to my server

http://myownserver/itassistant

I get exactly the same message:

File does not exist: /opt/hpws/apache/htdocs/itassistant

Reason:

The URL does simply not exist!!!

Create this HTML page and the error will go away ;-)

Re: Apache error seaching for itassistant

Norman Dignard — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:23:41 GMT

Why create an empty file? Where is this URL being called and what should the file have?

Re: Apache error seaching for itassistant

Torsten. — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:48:35 GMT

Hm, was not clear enough?

If I point my browser to your server to a file that does not exist - you will exactly get this message in your log: file not exists.
At the same time I get error 404 - file not found in my browsers window.

Somebody requested this URL from your server!

This is not a problem!

Re: Apache error seaching for itassistant

Norman Dignard — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:51:33 GMT

This error gets created on initial system boot in the apache log file. No one is trying to access the URL.

am I missing something?

Re: Apache error seaching for itassistant

Torsten. — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:45:02 GMT

OK, check this:

open the log files

tail -f /opt/hpws/apache/logs/access_log
and
tail -f /opt/hpws/apache/logs/error_log
each in a terminal.

Now point your browser to this non-existant URL.

You will see the clients IP in the access_log, the file not found message in error_log.
May be somebody else (a robot?) is accessing this URL. You will see this in the access_log.

Re: Apache error seaching for itassistant

Ralph Grothe — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:49:23 GMT

It is as Torsten wrote.
Someone/thing is simply requesting a non-exsitent URL.
How is your apache webserver started?
Maybe via the notorious apachectl script?
Perhaps, a get request for /itassistant was planted there somewhere in the startup procedure?
Or maybe you are running any of the dozens Apache frameworks that run other startup procedures.
You ought to check each of them to discover where the get request for itassistant is issued.