Staticpage to Access error.log

Wednesday, January 18 2006 @ 11:06 AM EST

I've often needed access to my error.log from a machine that did not have an SSH client installed. I created this little hack that can live within a static page:

1. Go to the staticpage admin screen and hit the "Create New" button.
2. In the PHP drop-down be sure to select "execute PHP"
3. For the group down-down, be sure to select "Root" and be sure to uncheck teh Read flag for Members and Anonymous (NOTE: this is important for security)
4. In the "content" textarea add the following:

   global $_CONF;
   require_once $_CONF['path_system'] . 'classes/downloader.class.php';
   $dMgr = new downloader();
   $dMgr->setPath($_CONF['path_log']);
   $dMgr->_setAvailableExtensions(array('log' => 'text/plain'));
   $dMgr->setAllowedExtensions(array('log' => 'text/plain'));
   $dMgr->downloadFile('error.log');
   if ($dMgr->areErrors()) {
       $dMgr->printErrors();
   }
   

5. Save the page

That's it. Simple, elegant and as secure as Geeklog is.

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