So, Perl will give me what the HTTPD won't -- I love Perl! So how might I best achieve the same simultaneously within my HTTPd logs?

Use Perl Glue! DO NOT resolve logs with your httpd. <- Period. Use File::Tail to give your logfile a Perl API so you can watch it in realtime from your own program. Parse each line, capture the IP, resolve it and print whatever you want: 


use strict;
use feature qw(say);
use Socket;
use File::Tail;

my $file = File::Tail->new("/some/log/file");
my $line;

while (defined($line = $file->read)) {
    if ($line =~ /^DATE (IP) (WHATEVER)/) {
       my $remote_ip   = $1;
       my $whatever    = $2;
       my $remote_host = gethostbyaddr(inet_aton($remote_ip),AF_INET);
       say join "\t", qw/$remote_ip $remote_host $whatever/;
    }
}

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In reply to Re: how to resolve IP's in an HTTPd that doesn't resolve them? by Anonymous Monk
in thread how to resolve IP's in an HTTPd that doesn't resolve them? by taint

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