[Xitami] Log file errors

[admin]

I think it's perhaps caused by a simple slow reaction in Xitami when the 
load is a bit upped on the server.
I have several days worth which roll over several times a day and then days 
that don't get their own log files so that would explain it.

Thanks.


At 10:18 AM 11/9/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>At 05:17 AM 11/9/2004 -0700, admin writeth:
> >I have just noticed a weird event in the log file tracking on Xitami 2.5
> >
> >I am completely missing log files for all days between Oct. 17 through
>Oct. 21
> >Has this happened to anyone else and what caused it???
> >
> >Thanks.
>
>Try checking Oct. 16th's or Oct. 22's logs.  I haven't seen Xitami fail to
>log information, but I have seen it fail to roll over the logs to the next
>day and accumulate 5-10 days worth before realizing it needs to roll over.
>I'm pretty sure those logs should be somewhere...
>
>My best guess (without looking at source code), the logs fail to roll over
>when there is activity on the server at the exact moment the logs should
>roll over - so the date never gets calculated to indicate a new file and
>the current file just expands until the next day.  A DoS of sorts might be
>able to be performed indirectly by forcibly expanding the logs every day
>using a remote attack client.  When someone goes to open the logs with
>something other than a 'tail'-like tool, it could drag RAM to a minimum and
>CPU utilization to 100%.
>
>
>Thomas J. Hruska
>Shining Light Productions
>http://www.slproweb.com/
>
>
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