Error Log Interpretation

Discussion in 'Apache' started by zen_web, Mar 16, 2011.

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    Hi -

    My question is two part.

    1. I currently use cPanel to manage my site. I used to not get that many errors in the cPanel error log display, but now I am getting a lot. I have figured out what some of them mean, but not all of them. I know these aren't cPanel errors, but rather, cPanel is displaying the errors. Where, on a site, do the error logs typically live? Also, does anyone have a good resource for understanding these errors? For a beginner, they are rather cryptic.

    2. Specifically, what do errors like the following error mean?

    [date] [error] [client ip addr] File does not exist: /home/usr/public_html/file, referer: http://www.example.com/file/different_page

    In my case, http://www.example.com/example/different_page is a php page that I make into a pretty URL using a rewrite rule in htaccess. The url is really something like http://www.example.com/file.php?id=different_page. I don't understand why I am getting an error that says the file is not found, but it is there... And this doesn't happen all the time. Is it a problem with my site or a problem on the user end?

    My host seems to think it is a problem with the user's connection. Any thoughts?
     
    zen_web, Mar 16, 2011 IP