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Mike
Mike

Reputation: 2735

Create new error.log File on apache2

I just deleted my apache error.log file with rm error.log, and wanted create a new one with touch error.log. Now apache is not logging anymore. I read this article afterwards. Very smart..

Is it possible to create a new error.log file or does apache create a new error log when doing a restart?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3805

Answers (3)

Jamsheer
Jamsheer

Reputation: 3753

You can clear file using the following command

cat > error.log

Please refer this link

Upvotes: 1

liar666
liar666

Reputation: 1

when apache starts, it opens a "handle" on the log file. if you remove the file, and recreate one, then apache will still write to the old handle and nothong will get appended to the new handle. the correct way to empty a file while a program is using it is to use:

echo "" > /path/to/file

Upvotes: 0

E. Celis
E. Celis

Reputation: 727

Apache should recreate the log file upon restart, if yours isn't doing it maybe apache's user does not have permissions to write in the logs directory.

If you did touch error.log beign root then apache is not able to write to that log file since its owned by root. Change the ownership to apache's user.

Upvotes: 2

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