Re: Apache2 and error.log

[Vincent Thomas <tokar@n7mm.org>]

Hi
> Hello,
>
> We are running Apache/2.2.3 (Debian) mod_python/3.2.10 Python/2.4.4 PHP/5.2.0-8+etch4
> mod_perl/2.0.2 Perl/v5.8.8
>
> In the /var/log/apache2/error.log for the default server I keep getting
> these errors:
>
> [Thu Jun 07 08:27:33 2007] [error] [client ::1] File does not exist: /htdocs
> [Thu Jun 07 08:27:34 2007] [error] [client ::1] File does not exist: /htdocs
> [Thu Jun 07 09:43:33 2007] [error] [client ::1] File does not exist: /htdocs
> [Thu Jun 07 09:43:34 2007] [error] [client ::1] File does not exist: /htdocs
> [Thu Jun 07 09:43:35 2007] [error] [client ::1] File does not exist: /htdocs
>
> I have grepped my /etc/apache2 directory for "htdocs" and there are no
> hits.  I have done the same to all subdirectories under /etc/apache2
> including "sites-available" and "sites-enabled" and still no hits for
> "htdocs".
>
> I checked the /var/log/apache2/access.log and cannot see where anything is
> even calling this directory.
>
> I also checked the installed files in /var/www and
> /var/www/apache2-default (the default install files) and there is no
> mention of "htdocs".
>
> OK, I'm stumped...
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
>
>   
   I recently had this problem and in fact it's normal. It's the way 
apache manages its threads. Either you ignore this messages, or you 
create an empty htdocs directory in /var/www or you change this default 
setting by setting a DocumentRoot to a valid directory in apache2.conf. 
(The last one is the better IMO)

Vincent