Direct Access to Raw Logs Without Download

Greetings,

My Server Management Company apparently doesn't know how to access raw logs without downloading them. I've been told there is a way. Many log programs--WebTrends included--can analyze logs directly on the server without downloading them. I'm wondering if anyone participating in this Forum might know how.

Below, I've included the thread with my Server Management Company (name changed to protect the...). Most recent message in the thread is on top.

Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide!

Aloha,
Kirk out.

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Server Management Company Responded on Sat Mar 13 04:27:18 EST 2004

Response: The only way to access logs is by going to to CPanel and click "Download Raw Access Logs", you can copy and paste the URL that it links to. Keep in mind it's compressed in a gzip format to cut down on bandwidth resources and save download time.

Thank you,
Server Management Company

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Client Added Response on Fri Mar 12 10:46:41 EST 2004

Problem: Thanks for reply. However, please see the first entry in this thread. I know how to download logs and analyze them on my local PC.

As I mentioned, a number of PC-based programs can analyze server-based log files without downloading the file. The analysis software runs on the PC and accesses the log files while they remain resident on the server. I'm looking for the specific address (perhaps ftp that a virtual hosting client can use, along with their username and password, to access log files in this way without downloading.

Thanks,
Kirk


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Server Management Company Responded on Fri Mar 12 02:56:55 EST 2004

Response: They can login to CPanel and click "Download Raw Access Logs"

Thank you,
Server Management Company

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Client Added Response on Fri Mar 12 01:52:33 EST 2004

Problem: Thanks for letting me know the locations of the logs.

Can one of my virtual hosting clients access only their logs, without SSH and without downloading them? Webtrends software allows you to point to a gz file on a server and do log analysis, again, without downloading the log.

Please let me know if this is possible for a cPanel virtual hosting clients, and if so, to what directory they'd point Web trends to.

Thanks,
Kirk


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Server Management Company Responded on Fri Mar 12 01:30:50 EST 2004

Response: All domain logs are at /usr/local/apache/dialogs

Thank you,
Server Management Company

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Problem:

Is there a way to analyze a raw log access file, while it is still on the server, without downloading it? I know some server configuration allow this, perhaps through FTP access.

Thanks,
Kirk