Awstats... How do I know?

[davea12]

Should the files be in some kind of format or just all over the place? What file should I be looking at? and Can I only look at the stats through ftp or can I look at the files from http web site? Not sure about all this....new to it. any help would be greatfull. also is selecting all the boxes in chmon make it 755? and should all the boxes be checked?

[tbonekkt]

Have you followed the steps here: http://support.powweb.com/awstats.html

Here's a CHMOD helper - http://help.powweb.com/tutorials/ftp/chmod.php

[davea12]

When i select CHMOD with ws_ftp I dont get the
Octal:
Symbolic

Boxes. Need to know how to make sure my permissions are set to 755. Thanks

[tbonekkt]

Group -- Write & Other -- Write should be the only two NOT checked for 755.

[davea12]

Should the data be all over the place in no real format? And is it the awstats.pl file that contains the stats? You are good buddy Can u send me the sites for Linux and Unix info? Take care and have a good weekend

[tbonekkt]

Originally posted by davea12
Should the data be all over the place in no real format? Can you elaborate a little more? What data, etc.?

[davea12]

I am talking about the web stats data. error log, hits, ip locations. That kind of stuff.

[tbonekkt]

The data is pulled from your access logs. Maybe I'm not fully understanding your question...

[davea12]

The purpose of AWstats is to give you more detalied reports about your web site. errors, hits, where the people went, etc. When I look a the log is just a bunch of word all over the place. Is there something thats more graphical and easier to read?

[tbonekkt]

Go to the awstats.pl script in a browser.

For example: http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/awstats.pl

[stevel]

Or go see the examples at http://awstats.sourceforge.net/

[davea12]

When I go tot he site through http I get a server 500 error. When I pull the Awstats.pl folder with ftp its just a bunch or garbalygok. I have reject evertyhing and it appears correct. Powweb doesnt support awstats on the phone.

[tbonekkt]

Did you upload the .pl files in ASCII? Did you chmod them to 755?

[davea12]

Maybe I am loging in wrong. If people can just go to
http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/awstats.pl
they can get my stats? Or should it ask for a password or do I log in differently?

[davea12]

please dont give up on me. I will get better with time. and thanks for all the help have a good weekend folks

Error: Couldn't open config file "awstats.www.datatechconsulting.com.conf" nor "awstats.conf" after searching in path ",/etc/awstats,/etc/opt/awstats,/etc,/usr/local/etc/awstats": No such file or directory

Setup (Config file, web server or permissions) may be wrong.
See AWStats documentation in 'docs' directory for informations on how to setup awstats.

[tbonekkt]

Originally posted by davea12
If people can just go to
http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/awstats.pl
they can get my stats? Correct.

[tbonekkt]

Originally posted by davea12
Error: Couldn't open config file "awstats.www.datatechconsulting.com.conf" nor "awstats.conf" after searching in path ",/etc/awstats,/etc/opt/awstats,/etc,/usr/local/etc/awstats": No such file or directory In your cgi-bin, you will find a file named 'awstats.datatechconsulting.com.conf' - simply rename it 'awstats.www.datatechconsulting.com.conf'

[davea12]

Thanks for ALL THE HELP U have been great.

[tbonekkt]

You're very welcome. :)

Did you set up a cronjob to have it auto-update? That's where I got tripped up. See this thread - http://forum.powweb.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28908

[davea12]

My stats are open for everyone to see just by entering those file names? that can't be right or is it? believe it or not I have it set to do that. Also, when I I ftp the site files I have to re Chmod the files to 755 otherwise it will not hole the setting. Do u know why?

[davea12]

my awstats dont update here is my crontab runs

30 * * * * /www/u/username/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=www/yourhost.com -update >>/www/u/username/logs/cronaw.log 2>>/www/u/username logs/cronaw.err

also, can anyone see my stats? just by entering those files?

[tbonekkt]

I replied in your other post. Please don't begin multiple threads on the same issue. It makes it more difficult for people to assist you. ;)

http://forum.powweb.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28968

[davea12]

I get the file in cgi-bin, but when i click on update now...which its set up to do I get this when I run the update

Error: Couldn't open server log file "/www/d/davea/logs/access.log.1" Enter the log file type you want to analyze." : No such file or directory

Setup ('awstats.conf' file, web server or permissions) may be wrong.
See AWStats documentation in 'docs' directory for informations on how to setup awstats.


when I run update????????//