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Hello, everyone,

        Sorry if this has been one of the FAQs. I wonder if anyone
knows how to get a 'log' file so that I can tell who has read my
home page? Thanks a lot in advance!

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Robert Chong

http://rclsgi.eng.ohio-state.edu/~chong-c/chong.html

Most web servers maintain a log.  Whether your site maintains
one, and whether you have access to it, is up to the individual
system admin.  Also, the log only tells you where (as in an IP
address) an access came from.  There is no way to tell who (as in
an e-mail address) has accessed your pages.

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Patrick Lee                              Stuyvesant H.S. Alumni Assoc.

Web: http://www.panix.com/~patlee        Web: http://www.panix.com/~stuy

You could try <a
href="http://rowlf.cc.wwu.edu:8080/~n9146070/wamp.html">WAMP</a>

If you have access to the logfile, that is.  Look for a file
called access_log somewhere in the filesystem (every location has them
in a different place; ask the local admins if you can't find it).

  --Jake

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"Of course, real people don't _have_ .sigs"
         Robert Mark Vaugh

: >Hello, everyone,

: >  Sorry if this has been one of the FAQs. I wonder if anyone
: >knows how to get a 'log' file so that I can tell who has read my
: >home page? Thanks a lot in advance!

For NCSA httpd, or clones, the log file defaults to
/usr/local/etc/httpd/logs/access_log
If your website won't let you see it, or wants to charge you $$ for a precis,
but does let you make CGI scripts, include an inline image like
<img src=bozo.cgi>
where bozo.cgi is

#!/bin/sh
echo $REMOTE_ADDR >> logfile
echo Content-type: image/gif
echo
cat bozo.gif
exit

making sure that the httpd process can write to logfile. You might have to write
another CGI to delete the logfile occasionally
#!/bin/sh
rm logfile
echo Content-type: text/plain
echo
echo Just deleted logfile
exit

If you've access to the ftp transfer log, try an ftp:// URL and maybe
you'll pick up some email addresses too.
One page I tried - 55 accesses, maybe 20 possible email addresses, 4 real names
with finger.  If you think that's invasive, if you call someone on the phone
who has caller ID and a CD-ROM ,they can get your street address before they answer
the phone. Considering going ex-directory now ?? :)=   (this is normal practice
for anonymous ftp, anyhow, plus maybe a reverse DNS check).

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Ask your Sysadmin. All the major httpd  servers have the option of
logging, most do it by default, both a error log and access log.  Many
places that dont' use the access log disable it since it can grow HUGE.

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