Re: Clean OpenBSD's httpd logs

[C. L. Martinez]

On Fri  1.Jul'16 at  7:39:13 +, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2016-06-30, C. L. Martinez  wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >  
> >  Sorry if this question sounds stupid, but how can I avoid this type of 
> > entry in OpenBSD's httpd access.log:
> >
> > 172.22.55.1:44710 -> 172.22.55.10, /favicon.ico (404 Not Found), [/] 
> > [/favicon.ico]
> 
> Untested, but in theory: set a location that matches the favicon.ico file and
> disable logging (e.g. "no log") in that location block.
> 

Perfect!!! .. Works like a charm. Many thanks Stuart.

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Greetings,
C. L. Martinez

Re: Clean OpenBSD's httpd logs

[Stuart Henderson]

On 2016-06-30, C. L. Martinez  wrote:
> Hi all,
>  
>  Sorry if this question sounds stupid, but how can I avoid this type of entry 
> in OpenBSD's httpd access.log:
>
> 172.22.55.1:44710 -> 172.22.55.10, /favicon.ico (404 Not Found), [/] 
> [/favicon.ico]

Untested, but in theory: set a location that matches the favicon.ico file and
disable logging (e.g. "no log") in that location block.

Re: Clean OpenBSD's httpd logs

[C. L. Martinez]

On Thu 30.Jun'16 at 15:21:05 +0200, Thuban wrote:
> * C. L. Martinez  le [30-06-2016 12:50:36 +]:
> > Hi all,
> >
> >  Sorry if this question sounds stupid, but how can I avoid this type of
> entry in OpenBSD's httpd access.log:
> >
> > 172.22.55.1:44710 -> 172.22.55.10, /favicon.ico (404 Not Found), [/]
> [/favicon.ico]
> >
> 
> Hi,
> in httpd.conf :
> 
> server "yourdomain.com" {
> ...
> no log
> }
> 
> 
> You might want to keep access log. Separate errors in another file :
> 
> 
> server "yourdomain.com" {
> ...
> log access "yourdomain.access.log"
> log error "yourdomain.errors.log"
> }
> 
> 
> see man httpd.conf for more :)
> 
> 
> --
> /Thuban/
> 

Thanks Thuban, but I want to log all requests to this web server :)

-- 
Greetings,
C. L. Martinez

Re: Clean OpenBSD's httpd logs

[andrew fabbro]

Create a favicon.ico file, or ignore the error.

httpd is just reporting that the user's browser is trying to fetch
/favicon.ico and apparently it doesn't exist.  Logging that as a 404 is
standard behavior.  You don't have one so httpd reports a 404.

There are ways of telling the browser to not expect a favicon.ico or
telling it that it exists somewhere else (that perhaps doesn't exist), but
httpd in this case is really doing nothing wrong.  The wisdom of favicons
is a different story but they are standard.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1321878/how-to-prevent-favicon-ico-requests

One could argue that perhaps the web server shouldn't log favicon-related
404s...but then there will be someone trying to figure out why his/her
favicons aren't showing up and will be looking at logs.



On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 8:50 AM, C. L. Martinez 
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>  Sorry if this question sounds stupid, but how can I avoid this type of
> entry in OpenBSD's httpd access.log:
>
> 172.22.55.1:44710 -> 172.22.55.10, /favicon.ico (404 Not Found), [/]
> [/favicon.ico]
>
>  ??
>
>  Thanks.
> --
> Greetings,
> C. L. Martinez
>
>


-- 
andrew fabbro
and...@fabbro.org

Re: Clean OpenBSD's httpd logs

[trondd]

On Thu, June 30, 2016 8:50 am, C. L. Martinez wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>  Sorry if this question sounds stupid, but how can I avoid this type of
> entry in OpenBSD's httpd access.log:
>
> 172.22.55.1:44710 -> 172.22.55.10, /favicon.ico (404 Not Found), [/]
> [/favicon.ico]
>
>  ??
>

Put a favicon.ico there?

The web server has no idea if an attempt to get a missing file shouldn't
be logged in some cases and not others.  And all the major web browsers
automatically look for /favicon.ico so it's going to happen.

You might be able to redirect to an existing page but I think those might
get logged anyway.

Tim.

Re: Clean OpenBSD's httpd logs

[Thuban]

* C. L. Martinez  le [30-06-2016 12:50:36 +]:
> Hi all,
>
>  Sorry if this question sounds stupid, but how can I avoid this type of
entry in OpenBSD's httpd access.log:
>
> 172.22.55.1:44710 -> 172.22.55.10, /favicon.ico (404 Not Found), [/]
[/favicon.ico]
>

Hi,
in httpd.conf :

server "yourdomain.com" {
...
no log
}


You might want to keep access log. Separate errors in another file :


server "yourdomain.com" {
...
log access "yourdomain.access.log"
log error "yourdomain.errors.log"
}


see man httpd.conf for more :)


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Clean OpenBSD's httpd logs

[C. L. Martinez]

Hi all,
 
 Sorry if this question sounds stupid, but how can I avoid this type of entry 
in OpenBSD's httpd access.log:

172.22.55.1:44710 -> 172.22.55.10, /favicon.ico (404 Not Found), [/] 
[/favicon.ico]

 ??

 Thanks.
-- 
Greetings,
C. L. Martinez