Creating Separate FTP, Gopher, and WWW Text Log Files (143189)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Information Server 1.0
This article was previously published under Q143189
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SUMMARY

The Internet Information Server records FTP, Gopher and WWW server logon activities to the %SystemRoot%\System32\LogFiles directory by default. This article describes how to record the log information to three separate files.

MORE INFORMATION

To write to different logs files, create three directories under %SystemRoot%\system32\LogFiles as follows: 
   %SystemRoot%\system32\LogFiles\FTP
   %SystemRoot%\system32\LogFiles\Gopher
   %SystemRoot%\system32\LogFiles\WWW

  1. From Internet Server Manager select one service at a time and click on the "Logging" tab.
  2. Modify the "Log file directory" to point to the new corresponding path shown above.
  3. Click on OK.
  4. Follow the procedure for steps 1 through 3 for FTP, Gopher, and WWW.
  5. Stop and restart all three services from the Internet Server Manager.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:6/23/2005
Keywords:kbusage KB143189
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