how to stop apache from writting to error_log

[alphafi]

Hi,

Traffic has increased on website on Cpanel/Apache enterprise box. Due to a scipt the apache error log is increasing in size rapidly.

As this script is vital for business I can't just disable it. However the error log rapidly goes to 2GB and apache drops.

Is there a way to stop temporarily apache from writting errors to the error_log (i.e. just discard the errors) until I fix the script? Is there a way to do it in WHM? If not how do I do it? Will this break cpanel?

Please help!!!! Thank you!!!!!

[chirpy]

You could try by simply commenting out the ErrorLog line in httpd.conf or pointing it to /dev/null

If that doesn't work, you could try clearing out the error_log in situ via a cron job, though this is definitely not recommended (i.e. you should fix the script) runs once an hour:

0 * * * * cat /dev/null > /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log

[alphafi]

Hi chirpy thanks for the reply! Sorry for my "duftness"... which line do I have to comment out and how do I do it?

[ecwebtechie]

edit /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf

find the line

ErrorLog /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log

then change to

#ErrorLog /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log

service httpd restart | graceful | stop | start

[alphafi]

This is weird the log file that is getting big in size and creating the problem is:

/etc/httpd/logs/error_log

But there is no mention of it in httpd.conf?

[chirpy]

That's the same file as /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log. /etc/httpd is a symlink to /usr/local/apache