Http request logging to syslog file

[Dayanand Naik]

Hi,

Can http request be diverted to the syslog file as telnet and ftp logs message and errors. Or is it the work of the Web server to maintain a log.

Suggestion welcomed.

Regards,
Dayanand Naik

[Santosh Nair_1]

That depends on the web server that you're using. For example, Apache supports the use of syslog through the ErrorLog directive (Syntax: ErrorLog file-path|syslog[:facility]).

From the Apache Web Server Documentation:

Apache 1.3 and above: Using syslog instead of a filename enables logging via syslogd(8) if the system supports it. The default is to
use syslog facility local7, but you can override this by using the syslog:facility syntax where facility can be one of the names usually
documented in syslog(1).

-Santosh