Dear monks, Does anyone know what these errors mean?
[Fri Jan 31 14:56:47 2003] [error] [client 172.181.45.176] File does n
+ot exist: C:/Apache2/htdocs/scripts
[Fri Jan 31 14:56:52 2003] [error] [client 172.181.45.176] File does n
+ot exist: C:/Apache2/htdocs/MSADC
[Fri Jan 31 14:56:58 2003] [error] [client 172.181.45.176] File does n
+ot exist: C:/Apache2/htdocs/c
[Fri Jan 31 14:57:03 2003] [error] [client 172.181.45.176] File does n
+ot exist: C:/Apache2/htdocs/d
[Fri Jan 31 14:57:08 2003] [error] [client 172.181.45.176] File does n
+ot exist: C:/Apache2/htdocs/scripts
[Fri Jan 31 14:57:13 2003] [error] [client 172.181.45.176] File does n
+ot exist: C:/Apache2/htdocs/_vti_bin
[Fri Jan 31 14:57:19 2003] [error] [client 172.181.45.176] File does n
+ot exist: C:/Apache2/htdocs/_mem_bin
[Fri Jan 31 14:57:27 2003] [error] [client 172.181.45.176] File does n
+ot exist: C:/Apache2/htdocs/msadc
[Fri Jan 31 14:57:32 2003] [error] [client 172.181.45.176] File does n
+ot exist: C:/Apache2/htdocs/scripts
[Fri Jan 31 14:57:42 2003] [error] [client 172.181.45.176] File does n
+ot exist: C:/Apache2/htdocs/scripts
[Fri Jan 31 14:57:48 2003] [error] [client 172.181.45.176] File does n
+ot exist: C:/Apache2/htdocs/scripts
[Fri Jan 31 14:58:03 2003] [error] [client 172.181.45.176] File does n
+ot exist: C:/Apache2/htdocs/scripts

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First thing off, is that I never request these files. As I was browsing my error log I found that this occurs every now and then. Not that I do something strange in my Perl scripts.I also checked Apache's access.log,and the IP address that requests them is different then mine. I wander if this has anything to do with Perl's -w???
The worriying thing is that in access.log i have a line that reads 172.181.45.176 - - [31/Jan/2003:14:58:03 +0000] "GET /scripts/..%25%35%63../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 298,which is I guess the Command Prompt!!! Could my computer be used as a spam generator??????
thanks
r_mehmed
novice

In reply to Apache(Perl?) error by r_mehmed

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