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NAME
       modlogan - a modular log file analyzer

SYNOPSIS
       modlogan [ -c configfile ] [ -r ] [ -u username ]
                [ -h | --help ] [ -v | --version ]

DESCRIPTION
       Modlogan is a modular logfile anaylizer. It is designed to have
       variable input, processing and output modules to give one a good
       flexiblity.

       The input modules parse the logfiles. The processor modules summarize
       the various data elements of a log file and is handed to the output
       module which makes in most cases a pretty webpage showing all the
       results.

       So far there the following input modules supported: bsdftpd, clf,
       elmeg, flow, flowraw, hicom116, ipchains, isdn4bsd isdnlog, msiis,
       msmedia, netscape, pureftpd, qmail, qmailscanner, qtss, realserver,
       sendmail, shoutcast, squid, wuftpd (also includes lgofiles from proftpd
       and the like).

       The following processor modules are supported: accounting, mail,
       telecom, web.

       And finally the output modules : csv, modlogan, template, tkcontrol,
       text, webalizer

OPTIONS
       -c configfile
              Specify another configuration file than the default
              /etc/modlogan/modlogan.conf

       -r     It is note recommened to run modlogan as root. By default this
              is not permitted. If you still want to run it as root you have
              to use this option.

       -u username
              If you want to run modlogan as a specific user, you can use this
              option.  In order to use this function you have to combine it
              with the -r command line switch.

       -h, --help
              Shows the help text of the program and exits.

       -v, --version
              Shows the version number of the program and exits.

FILES
       /etc/modlogan/modlogan.conf
              This is the name and location of the default configuration file.

       modlogan.def.conf
              This file contains the default settings for all the necessary
              options that modlogan can function.

       group.*.conf
              These files contain regular expressions to group certain aspects
              of a logfile under a common term, like operating system, user
              agent, etc.

       match.*.conf
              These configuration files also contain regular expressions to
              match a certain aspect of a logfile.

       ignore.searchengines.conf
              This is a blacklist for all the known searchengines to filter
              them out from the logfiles.

AUTHOR
       The program was written by Jan Kneschke <jan@kneschke.de>. This manual
       page was written by Othmar Pasteka <othmar@debian.org>.

SEE ALSO
       If you want further information about modlogan, see the modlogan web
       site at <http://jan.kneschke.de/projects/modlogan/>.

Linux                              NOV 2002                        MODLOGAN(1)