C panel - Raw Access Log

[Hyperion]

whats that and why since i am downloading i can not open the logs ?

[Mr Justin]

Raw Access Logs allow you to see who has accessed your site without the use of graphs, charts or other graphics. You can use the Raw Access Logs menu to download a zipped version of the server's access log for your site. This can be very useful when you need to see who is accessing your site quickly.

1 To access the Raw Access Logs menu, click on the Raw icon above the words Raw Access Logs on the main screen of your cPanel interface.

2 Select the domain or subdomain you wish to view the logs for by clicking on its name below the words Please select a raw log to download:

3 Click on Save to save the log to the directory shown by your browser's save file window.

4 To view the log, open it in a zip program and unzip the file inside. Then use a text editor to open the log and view it.

I hope this is of some help to you

[Hyperion]

yea i opened it as .txt but it was a massive file with many letters and numbers LOL

how do you understand what all this info means ?

[Mr Justin]

To be honest you better off looking at awstats as the data in awstats will tell you the same, but it easier to understand.

[Hyperion]

all i want is to check if i can see my users IP address incase of an anbuse

can i see this and time on the raw logs ?

[Mr Justin]

Well If you browse through the file with a text editor you will be able to find IP addresses and times Like below.

203.82.91.34 - - [01/Mar/2009:14:30:04 +0000]

But if you click on the latest visitors icon in cPanel it will give you the same information but easily readable. But again this is also achievable in Awstats as shown below