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Very large /usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_log files

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  1. Spork Schivago

    Spork Schivago Well-Known Member

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    Hello,

    I've noticed that I'm getting really large /usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_log files. The logs get rotated daily. Yesterday, when I checked, the log was over 45MB! I cat out the log file and see a bunch of stuff like this:
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    127.0.0.1 - - [02/15/2016:07:01:20 -0000] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 401 0 "" "Cpanel::HttpRequest/2.1" "-" "-" 2086
127.0.0.1 - - [02/15/2016:07:01:20 -0000] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 401 0 "" "Cpanel::HttpRequest/2.1" "-" "-" 2086
127.0.0.1 - - [02/15/2016:07:01:20 -0000] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 401 0 "" "Cpanel::HttpRequest/2.1" "-" "-" 2086
127.0.0.1 - - [02/15/2016:07:01:20 -0000] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 401 0 "" "Cpanel::HttpRequest/2.1" "-" "-" 2086
127.0.0.1 - - [02/15/2016:07:01:20 -0000] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 401 0 "" "Cpanel::HttpRequest/2.1" "-" "-" 2086
127.0.0.1 - - [02/15/2016:07:01:33 -0000] "GET /.__cpanel__service__check__./serviceauth?sendkey=__HIDDEN__&version=1.2 HTTP/1.0" 20                0 0 "" "-" "-" "-" 2086
127.0.0.1 - - [02/15/2016:07:06:32 -0000] "GET /.__cpanel__service__check__./serviceauth?sendkey=__HIDDEN__&version=1.2 HTTP/1.0" 20                0 0 "" "-" "-" "-" 2086
127.0.0.1 - - [02/15/2016:07:11:33 -0000] "GET /.__cpanel__service__check__./serviceauth?sendkey=__HIDDEN__&version=1.2 HTTP/1.0" 20                0 0 "" "-" "-" "-" 2086
    There's also logs for other IP addresses but the most seem to be from the loopback IP. Is this normal and is there a way to figure out what exactly is going on? It makes it very hard to see who's trying to access my cPanel stuff with all these reports. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
     
    #1 Spork Schivago, Feb 15, 2016
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    Actually, it looks like they're not getting properly rotated either. I see stuff back from 1/19/2016.
     
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    Hello :)

    I'm not sure everyone would classify 45M as a large log file. You can change the log rotation size threshold via the following option under the "Stats and Logs" tab in "WHM >> Tweak Settings":

    "Log rotation size threshold"

    The default is 300M.

    Thank you.
     
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    Oh wow, 300MB? Okay! To me, I thought something was definitely wrong! Do you know what all those
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    127.0.0.1 - - [02/15/2016:07:01:20 -0000] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 401 0 "" "Cpanel::HttpRequest/2.1" "-" "-" 2086
    and
    Code:
    127.0.0.1 - - [02/15/2016:07:01:33 -0000] "GET /.__cpanel__service__check__./serviceauth?sendkey=__HIDDEN__&version=1.2 HTTP/1.0" 20                0 0 "" "-" "-" "-" 2086
    are about? Thanks!
     
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    Stop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand...
    #5 cPanelMichael, Feb 15, 2016
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    Gotcha. Thank you!
     
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