Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 64392
dns_cache missing, preventing webalizer from running
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:42:25 EDT
This bug is in 7.3 gold Webalizer does not run, due to a missing dns_cache.db file: [kaboom@hanuman cron.daily]$ sudo /usr/bin/webalizer Error: Unable to open DNS cache file /var/lib/webalizer/dns_cache.db [kaboom@hanuman cron.daily]$ ls -l /var/lib/webalizer/ total 3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1306 May 3 04:02 webalizer.current -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 288 May 3 04:02 webalizer.hist [kaboom@hanuman cron.daily]$ From /etc/webalizer.conf: # DNSCache specifies the DNS cache filename to use for reverse DNS lookups. # This file must be specified if you wish to perform name lookups on any IP # addresses found in the log file. If an absolute path is not given as # part of the filename (ie: starts with a leading '/'), then the name is # relative to the default output directory. See the DNS.README file for # additional information. DNSCache /var/lib/webalizer/dns_cache.db Unfortunately, the DNS.README file mentioned here is not packaged with the webalizer RPM, which is also a bug.... At any rate, the dns_cache.db file has to be pre-generated during the postinstall of webalizer, and it's not being done right now, so webalizer simply doesn't work until DNSCache is commented out of the configuration file. This really needs an errata....
It seems to run on my system, but I do receive the error as stated above. Do an ls -l of /var/www/html/usage and you'll see the date/time changes to the time it was last run.
It's fixed in 2.01_10-5.
Does this fix includes some cron entries which would run 'webazolver' from time to time? dns_cache does not seem to be very useful when it is stale. Also a resolution notice could include this tidbit that it is enough to run 'webazolver' to create the required dns_cache.db or it can be commented out in /etc/webalizer.conf file. Both actions do not require switching to rawhide stuff. That information can be found in 'man webalizer' but in a somewhat obscure form.
I've installed webalizer-2.01_10-9 and I'm still getting the daily message "Error: Unable to open DNS cache file /var/lib/webalizer/dns_cache.db" Everything works correctly, but I'd prefer to not get that message. Than, can you tell us what you did to fix it in 2.01_10-5?
i have made the changes in /etc/webalizer.conf. It could be that you still have the old config file on your system after upgrade process. Please check it again.
An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-254.html