Monitoring Web Server activity You can monitor your Web Server activity–Web errors, how often users access your site or sites, and so on–by looking at the HTTP log files. Information for all sites on your server is stored in the same log files. By default, Web logging is off. To turn on Web logging, see Enabling and disabling Web logging. Viewing the log 1 Log on to AppleShare IP Remote Admin. 2 Click the Web server button.     3 Click the Logs button. 4 In the Logs list, click HTTP Log. The log file is named HTTP Log. When it exceeds 32 MB in size, the Web Server creates a new log file and saves the old log file with a date–for example, HTTP Log 9/21/98. If two files are created on the same date, the server appends a number (for example, HTTP Log 9/21/98 1). Note: The Web Server will turn off Web logging if hard disk space starts running out. However, the Enable Web Log checkbox (in the Web Server Settings page) will remain checked. If you've turned on Web logging, be sure to remove old log files regularly. Interpreting the log The format of the AppleShare IP HTTP log file is compatible with most Web site analysis tools for the Mac OS. The file format is as follows: Date, Time, Result, Hostname, URL, Bytes Sent • The Date and Time fields show when the action occurred. • The Result field indicates the result of the user's action. Possible values in the Results field are • OK. The requested action was completed successfully. • PRIV. The user did not have the appropriate privileges to complete the requested action. • ERR! An error occurred. • The Hostname field contains the DNS name of the user's computer. • The URL field contains the URL that was requested. • The Bytes Sent field contains the number of bytes that the Web Server sent to the user's browser.

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