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Do you have any install instructions ? Please advice on how to setup it. |
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LogView is easy to setup. Just put logview.exe and logview.cfg files into your cgi-bin and type in your browser http://www.YourSiteHere.com/cgi-bin/logview.exe |
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How to setup LogView on a Unix server ? |
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Active LogView runs only under Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000. |
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How can I read the lastest log file? |
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LogView reads all files it can find. To read a certain file - enter it's name in Preferences / Log file path. |
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When going to Preferences, it asks for a login and password.. How do I get that? |
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Default login is LogView password: softcab.com You can change them online (in Preferences), or you can manually edit a CFG file. Note: If both admin login and password are empty - nobody will access admin area. |
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It doesn't seem to save my settings when I update them. |
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Does your hoster allow to write into your cgi-bin directory? Ask administrator to disable write-protection. |
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When I run Active LogView from my cgi-bin, browser attempts to download file. |
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Please ask your web-site administrator to configure server properly.
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You will need to setup CGI-BIN folder execute permissions as shown on the picture:
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What log file format I should setup in order to use Active LogView? |
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Active LogView uses extended log file format. Required fields are: date, time, c-ip, cs-uri-stem, cs-uri-query, sc-status, sc-bytes, cs-bytes, cs-version, cs(User-Agent), cs(Cookie), cs(Referer) |
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When Active LogView tries to parse large log files, the cgi process times out. How to fix it? |
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Go to Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Internet Information Services. Open your website properties increase Connection Timeout option. |
