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lib/Log/Log4perl/Appender/File.pm  view on Meta::CPAN

    if(defined $self->{group}) {
        $gid = $self->{group};
        if($self->{group} !~ /^\d+$/) {
            $gid = getgrnam($self->{group});

            die "Unknown group: $self->{group}" unless defined $gid;
        }
    }
    if($uid != $uid_org or $gid != $gid_org) {
        chown($uid, $gid, $self->{filename}) or
            die "chown('$uid', '$gid') on '$self->{filename}' failed: $!";
    }
}

##################################################
sub file_switch {
##################################################
    my($self, $new_filename) = @_;

    print "Switching file from $self->{filename} to $new_filename\n" if
        _INTERNAL_DEBUG;

lib/Log/Log4perl/FAQ.pm  view on Meta::CPAN

where the logfile gets recreated, e.g. during log rotation.

If Log::Log4perl is used by a web server application (e.g. in a CGI script
or mod_perl), then the webserver's user (usually C<nobody> or C<www>)
must have the permissions mentioned above.

To prepare your web server to use log4perl, we'd recommend:

    webserver:~$ su -
    webserver:~# mkdir /var/log/cgiapps
    webserver:~# chown nobody:root /var/log/cgiapps/
    webserver:~# chown nobody:root -R /var/log/cgiapps/
    webserver:~# chmod 02755 -R /var/log/cgiapps/

Then set your /etc/log4perl.conf file to include:

    log4perl.appender.FileAppndr1.filename =
        /var/log/cgiapps/<app-name>.log

=head2 How can my file appender deal with disappearing log files?

The file appender that comes with Log4perl, L<Log::Log4perl::Appender::File>,