Posted by: Beetle B.
Posted on: 2005-01-30 12:20:00
Hi,
I was just browsing the site statistics logs today, and saw some requests from some fairly interesting domains.
What I really want to know is what pages they actually requested. I know where the log files are kept, but I'd really appreciate if someone could point this out to me.
Thanks!
Beetle B.
Posted by: macmanx
Posted on: 2005-01-30 14:03:00
If you're seeing referrer requests from domains that are adult in nature, that's called referrer spam. It's just the same as email and comment spam. Just ignore it.
Posted by: schweb
Posted on: 2005-01-30 14:22:00
Or do what I do and setup your .htaccess file to block referrals from those domains :)
bryan | website
Posted by: Beetle B.
Posted on: 2005-01-30 15:34:00
Actually, the referrer domain was anything BUT spam/adult.
I'm not trying to find out their identity - just the pages that they accessed on my site. How can I find that out via the logs?
Thanks.
Beetle B.
Posted by: macmanx
Posted on: 2005-01-30 16:40:00
Do a google search of of their site for your site. Enter the following without quotes: "site:theirdomain.com yourdomain.com"
Posted by: ardco
Posted on: 2005-01-30 16:41:00
This in kbase tells about logs:
https://panel.dreamhost.com/kbase/index.cgi?area=400
You can FTP/download the files or look at them on the server with vi, more, less, etc.
Look for lines with referrer (2nd URL part) you're interested in, and you'll see what they requested (1st URL part, usually after "GET").
Cheers,
BobS