Log file

philosophology

Is it possible to have a php page on the server so whenever I run it it gives me a log file of all the webpages browsed with the person's username and ip number? has this been done before? I am running IIS on win 2000 advanced server edition.

thanx

devinemke

logging page requests with IP numbers is a basic feature in most any webserver. i don't use IIS but i assume this must be a feature that can be easily turned on/off. in apache this is configured in the httpd.conf file.

philosophology

OK, how can I do that? and is it also possible to do it with PHP?

devinemke

as i said, you don't need PHP to log page requests. it is a built in feature of your webserver. and again, i do not use IIS so i would know exactly where you turn it on/off. check the IIS documentation.

MarkR

You can set the log file and format in the IIS manager. Bear in mind that some versions of IIS don't log immediately but buffer logs. Some versions of IIS also leave a lot of nulls on the end of the file.

I'm not sure whose IP number and username you're trying to get. If it's the end-user, you cannot retrieve their username unless they're using HTTP authentication.

WIth IIS you can log the IP address of the client (indeed, normally you do).

Mark

philosophology

I found out the IP numbers from our firewall software and used them to find the Computer Names from the DHCP server. BUT>>> I COULD NOT GET THE USERNAMES THAT LOGGED INTO THOSE COMPUTERS. Do you know how I can do that?