Give access to awstats

[edwurster]

Is there a way I can give a client access to awstats without giving them the account login info?

[midwest]

Not that I know of. You could however install awstats, it's not a complicated install, and then password protect the folder.

[cmyksteve]

I've set up a public page for webalizer stats, but I don't think it's as easy for awstats.

I'll try to find some links I ran across looking into this a few months back.

Steve

[midwest]

I just thought of a maybe easier way for someone depending on their skills.

use php and curl/cron or similar to get the page and write it to a public folder.

[stratplan]

I would be interested in how to do that, or any log stats program.

[edwurster]

Originally Posted by cmyksteve

I've set up a public page for webalizer stats, but I don't think it's as easy for awstats.

I'll try to find some links I ran across looking into this a few months back.

Thanks guys. I did an end around, and copied the webalizer stuff to a protected folder. After looking at how much is in awstats, I decided that webalizer would be easier for the client to interpret. So I set up a cron to copy the webalizer folder every 24 hours.

I'd still like to see how Steve did it.

[cmyksteve]

Hi Ed,

First I used cPanel/WHM/VoxExtreme Hacks. The php script for veiwing webalizer stats outside cPanel works great, but I didn't like having my cPanel password in the script. Ed if you're interested in using awstats check out these scripts, he has one posted.

Later I ran across a symlink solution from the cPanel forums. Page-Zone Tech support helped me with the symlink setup- and the stats have been working fine. The cPanel thread is were I read that awstats won't work with a symlink setup.

Steve

[edwurster]

Originally Posted by cmyksteve

Hi Ed,

First I used cPanel/WHM/VoxExtreme Hacks. The php script for veiwing webalizer stats outside cPanel works great, but I didn't like having my cPanel password in the script. Ed if you're interested in using awstats check out these scripts, he has one posted.

Later I ran across a symlink solution from the cPanel forums. Page-Zone Tech support helped me with the symlink setup- and the stats have been working fine. The cPanel thread is were I read that awstats won't work with a symlink setup.

I looked at both of these solutions. The hacks are something I wouldn't do. I'd have to put the username and password in the php file. The symlink looks like a better solution.

I'm sticking with what I have for now. It needs a little polish in the script (to copy only the files that are newer), but it gives me better control over security.

1. I created a folder public_html/stats.
2. I password protected the folder, and created a user (cpanel)
3. Put a script in cgi-bin called "update.sh" which looks like:

#!/bin/bash
cp tmp/webalizer/*.html tmp/webalizer/*.png tmp/webalizer/webalizer.* public_html/stats

4. Created a cron (in cpanel) that has one command:

/home/account/public_html/cgi-bin/update.sh

and run it 4AM each day ( 0 4 * * * ).

As I said at the top, I'll find a way to test the source file date/time, and only copy what is newer.

The user logs in to the folder with the name and pass I set up in cpanel. I don't want to expose these files to the public.