error_log is constantly being written to

anewday

Well-Known Member
#1
Code:
root@server [/usr/local/apache/logs]# [B]tail -f error_log[/B]

2008-03-20 16:08:14.854 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/style_images/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:15.679 [INFO] [HTAccess] Configuration file [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/.htaccess] changed.
2008-03-20 16:08:15.679 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:15.679 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/style_images/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:15.949 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/gallery/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:18.210 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/style_emoticons/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:21.231 [INFO] [HTAccess] Configuration file [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/.htaccess] changed.
2008-03-20 16:08:21.231 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:21.232 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/uploads/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:21.296 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/style_images/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:23.339 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/gallery/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:27.140 [INFO] [HTAccess] Configuration file [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/.htaccess] changed.
2008-03-20 16:08:27.140 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:27.455 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/style_images/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:28.751 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/gallery/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:31.327 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/style_emoticons/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:33.048 [INFO] [HTAccess] Configuration file [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/.htaccess] changed.
2008-03-20 16:08:33.048 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:33.069 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/gallery/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:37.040 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/style_images/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:37.387 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/uploads/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:39.079 [INFO] [HTAccess] Configuration file [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/.htaccess] changed.
2008-03-20 16:08:39.079 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:39.080 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/style_images/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:40.188 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/gallery/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:42.286 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/style_emoticons/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:45.752 [INFO] [HTAccess] Configuration file [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/.htaccess] changed.
2008-03-20 16:08:45.752 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:45.753 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/style_images/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:45.811 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/gallery/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:51.040 [INFO] [HTAccess] Configuration file [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/.htaccess] changed.
2008-03-20 16:08:51.040 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:51.821 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/uploads/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:52.068 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/gallery/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:52.264 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/style_emoticons/.htaccess]
2008-03-20 16:08:52.974 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/home/johndoe/public_html/forum/style_images/.htaccess]
The log filesize grows every second, why does it keep writing those lines?
 

anewday

Well-Known Member
#3
No, none of those .htaccess files are changing. I checked the modifed date and it's in 2007. The log file came to 50M in a day. :eek:
 

anewday

Well-Known Member
#5
I didn't mess around with the permissions, never seen this behavior before on this cPanel server.

it shows as:

-rw-r--r-- 1 johndoe johndoe 9623 Oct 8 02:01 .htaccess
 

anewday

Well-Known Member
#7
Ok, glad it is just a bug. :D

If it's helpful, the forum directory is an addon domain, ie subdomain forum.mywebsite.com goes to mywebforum.com
 

anewday

Well-Known Member
#11
Thanks, just updated. Another question, I see error_log files created in the document root for my domains. Is there any way to disallow access to them via a web browser for security reasons?
 
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