Topic: Cron <root@gateway> /bin/nice /sbin/e-smith/awstats-p

[Teviot]

I have an interesting problem

I keep getting a email every 5 mins that reports the following

Fatal error: Apache logfile /var/log/httpd/access_log not found Is Apache running?

The directory listing reads as follows

[root@gateway httpd]# ls -la
total 20484
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Sep 22 01:12 .
drwxr-xr-x   26 root     root         4096 Sep 22 01:12 ..
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           25 Sep 22 01:12 access_log -> access_log.20050922011201
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1588350 Aug 29 00:24 access_log.20050829011200
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       746624 Sep  1 00:17 access_log.20050829011201
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      3918706 Sep  8 00:34 access_log.20050901011201
-rw-r--r--    1 root     admin     2011278 Sep 15 01:00 access_log.20050908011201
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      2027142 Sep 23 09:23 access_log.20050915011200
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           31 Sep 22 01:12 admin_access_log -> admin_access_log.20050922011204
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       105314 Aug 28 22:48 admin_access_log.20050829011201
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         2548 Aug 29 08:48 admin_access_log.20050829011202
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       234095 Sep  7 10:43 admin_access_log.20050901011202
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       109481 Sep 14 05:36 admin_access_log.20050908011202
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        52676 Sep 20 12:18 admin_access_log.20050915011202
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        23585 Sep 22 17:10 admin_access_log.20050922011204
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           30 Sep 22 01:12 admin_error_log -> admin_error_log.20050922011204
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       534848 Aug 29 01:12 admin_error_log.20050829011201
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         3512 Sep  1 01:12 admin_error_log.20050829011202
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      2873472 Sep  8 01:12 admin_error_log.20050901011202
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       632509 Sep 15 01:12 admin_error_log.20050908011202
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       288725 Sep 22 01:12 admin_error_log.20050915011202
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        67583 Sep 22 10:51 admin_error_log.20050922011204
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           35 Sep 22 01:12 admin_ssl_engine_log -> admin_ssl_engine_log.20050922011204
-rw-rw-rw-    1 root     admin          63 Sep 23 09:40 awstats_lr
-rw-rw-rw-    1 root     admin          77 Sep 22 00:45 awstats_pos
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           24 Sep 22 01:12 error_log -> error_log.20050922011201
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       153659 Aug 29 01:12 error_log.20050829011200
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        86494 Sep  1 01:12 error_log.20050829011201
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       403721 Sep  8 01:12 error_log.20050901011201
-rw-r--r--    1 root     admin      271991 Sep 15 01:12 error_log.20050908011201
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       201446 Sep 23 02:56 error_log.20050915011200
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           29 Sep 22 01:12 ssl_engine_log -> ssl_engine_log.20050922011201
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1304393 Aug 28 20:54 ssl_engine_log.20050829011200
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        53410 Aug 31 23:23 ssl_engine_log.20050829011201
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       808812 Sep  7 18:34 ssl_engine_log.20050901011201
-rw-r--r--    1 root     admin     1284973 Sep 14 05:39 ssl_engine_log.20050908011201
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1016498 Sep 22 23:08 ssl_engine_log.20050915011200
[root@gateway httpd]#

Apache is running.

I don't know where to look or how to fix.  Could somebody shead some light please?

Adrian

[Rosey]

I have recieving the same error for the past four months. I finally turned that server off cause I can not find out why ether and my mail box keeps filling up with over 1500 emails aday from the cron.