Interpreting log files (for beginners)

  • Resolved Mark Housel

    (@mark-housel)


    7 years, 5 months ago

    How do I interpret these log files? I am not well versed in all of this since that’s not my business but I’m trying to take care of my web site.

    There is a lot of activity from this IP address all the time and I am concerned about what this activity actually is. I suspect it is not just someone accessing my web site looking at it.
    There is only one administrator and that is me and this is not my IP address.

    Thanks,
    Mark

    ADMIN AREA:
    Date IP address Code Result Request
    2017-06-12 11:06:58 173.208.129.58 US wp-zep POST[80]:/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
    User agent:
    Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) Firefox/3.5.0
    HTTP headers:
    HTTP_REFERER=https://www.landmprecisiongunworks.com/wp-admin/
    $_POST data:
    action=revslider_ajax_action,FILES=Array ( [update_file] => Array ( [name] => 57758779.php [type] => text/php [tmp_name] => /tmp/php8uOuyV [error] => 0 [size] => 79 ) ) ,client_action

    Public facing pages:

    2017-06-12 11:06:59 173.208.129.58 US extra POST[80]:/license.php
    User agent:
    Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) Firefox/3.5.0
    HTTP headers:
    HTTP_REFERER=https://www.landmprecisiongunworks.com/wp-admin/
    $_POST data:
    FILES=Array ( [filename] => Array ( [name] => 07545460.php [type] => application/x-php [tmp_name] => /tmp/phpTZ78Tv [error] => 0 [size] => 85 ) ) ,1

    2017-06-12 11:06:57 173.208.129.58 US extra POST[80]:/uploadify/uploadify.php?folder=/
    User agent:
    Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) Firefox/3.5.0
    HTTP headers:
    HTTP_REFERER=https://www.landmprecisiongunworks.com/wp-admin/
    $_POST data:
    FILES=Array ( [Filedata] => Array ( [name] => 894613256498.php [type] => text/php [tmp_name] => /tmp/phpzx115i [error] => 0 [size] => 66 ) ) ,1

    2017-06-12 11:06:56 173.208.129.58 US extra POST[80]:/
    User agent:
    Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) Firefox/3.5.0
    HTTP headers:
    HTTP_REFERER=https://www.landmprecisiongunworks.com/wp-admin/
    $_POST data:
    FILES=Array ( [yiw_contact] => Array ( [name] => Array ( [0] => 51217766.php ) [type] => Array ( [0] => text/php ) [tmp_name] => Array ( [0] => /tmp/phpVpC1uG ) [error] => Array ( [0] => 0 ) [size] => Array ( [0] => 67 ) ) ) ,yiw_action,id_form

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  • Thread Starter Mark Housel

    (@mark-housel)

    Thank you for the answers. That makes is much more clear what is going on.
    I think that avoiding the extra step of going to the orders page in the dashboard is not worth compromising anything or trying to code some sort of exception like at the link you posted.

    Thank you,
    Mark

    Thread Starter Mark Housel

    (@mark-housel)

    Hi,
    Since I just installed an update I saw these messages when I reloaded the dashboard page after it gave me an error when I attempted to change to the IP Geoblock settings dirrectly from the Dashboard page rather than from the Plugins:settings for IP Geeoblock.

    IP Geo Block: /home/landmp6/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/ip-geo-block/classes/class-ip-geo-block-logs.php (519) Unknown column ‘asn’ in ‘field list’

    IP Geo Block: /home/landmp6/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/ip-geo-block/classes/class-ip-geo-block-logs.php (685) Unknown column ‘asn’ in ‘field list’

    Also when I go to the IP Geoblock settings page I see this at the top of the window now.

    IP Geo Block: /home/landmp6/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/ip-geo-block/classes/class-ip-geo-block-logs.php (685) Unknown column ‘asn’ in ‘field list’

    Are these related? Do I need to make any changes to my settings due to the update?

    Thanks,
    Mark

    Thread Starter Mark Housel

    (@mark-housel)

    I just noticed this also up at the very top of the page.

    arguments passed in /home/landmp6/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/ip-geo-block/admin/includes/tab-settings.php on line 295

    Plugin Author tokkonopapa

    (@tokkonopapa)

    Hi Mark,

    Please refer to https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/error-on-updating-3-0-4/

    Thank you for your notices!

    Thread Starter Mark Housel

    (@mark-housel)

    HI,

    I’m wondering what causes this error and this log entry when I try to clear the logs on IPGeoBlock?
    This occurs intermittently and randomly when logged in and within the WordPress Dashboard when accessing things like IP Geoblock, Woocommerce products, etc.

    I can usually get around it if I kill off all my browser windows and start all over again, but I’d like to see if there is something I can do to prevent the occurrence.

    Thanks,
    Mark

    Sorry, your request cannot be accepted.

    ? Dashboard

    It results in this entry in the logs.
    Request:
    GET[443]:/wordpress/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=ip-geo-block&tab=4&ip-geo-block-auth-nonce=f0a5fbd85a
    User agent:
    Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/60.0.3112.113 Safari/537.36
    HTTP headers:
    HTTP_DNT=1,HTTP_REFERER=https://www.landmprecisiongunworks.com/wordpress/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=ip-geo-block&tab=4&ip-geo-block-auth-nonce=2bec629216,HTTP_UPGRADE_INSECURE_REQUESTS=1
    $_POST data:

    Thread Starter Mark Housel

    (@mark-housel)

    Hmmmm, at this point nothing will allow me to clear the logs without encountering this error?
    I’ve tried closing everything, reopening the site, logging out, closing everything, logging in, deleting the cachd, closing everything, and starting over.

    The log appears to get cleared leaving the one wp-zep entry from my IP address that creates the error page with the link back to the dashboard.

    Thread Starter Mark Housel

    (@mark-housel)

    OK, so I did everything again using a different browser (Firefox) instead of Chrome and it worked that time. I use Chrome mostly since it is much faster than Firefox when working on my web site.

    Is there something that perhaps I am doing wrong that creates this situation?

    Plugin Author tokkonopapa

    (@tokkonopapa)

    Hi Mark,

    I’m afraid that you have some JavaScript errors. Could you investigate it using your browser’s debugging tool?

    The following documents may help you.

    I think you had better to disable “Prevent Zero-day Exploit” if you find js errors and until you fix them. But I’m afraid that you can’t “Save Changes” properly. In that case, please try to find which plugins or themes would cause the error to activate/deactivate one by one.

    If you need some help to use browser’s developer tools, please let me know.

    Thread Starter Mark Housel

    (@mark-housel)

    Thank you for the links.

    So I tried some of these things and it does seem to be specific to Chrome right now, although it had been much more random before this morning. Now it is a hard failure every time in Chrome, but not in Firefox.

    This is the error that it showed the first time I tried it.
    wikibits.js:243 Uncaught ReferenceError: mediaWiki is not defined
    at wikibits.js:243

    Now each time I try the same thing and get the error, I see this. Even closing the browser and restarting the entire process this is the only error I see now which seems to be the source of the error message that I see when trying to clear the logs. The previous one never showed up again.

    options-general.php Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 400 (Bad Request)

    This appears to be the file that generates the error screen.

    <body id=”error-page”>
    <p>Sorry, your request cannot be accepted.
    <p>« Dashboard</p></p></body>
    </html>

    I’ve no idea what that means.

    Thank you,
    Mark
    (510)-396-0849 CELL

    Plugin Author tokkonopapa

    (@tokkonopapa)

    Hi Mark,

    I’ve no idea what that means.

    When you enable “Prevent Zero-day Exploit” and once a js error happens, this may happen. I could not find any related information about wikibits.js on google. So if you find which plugin/theme uses wikibits.js, it may help to solve the issue. But there’s a possibility that it is not related to PC (I think you’re using Windows, right?).

    Anyway, you should back to the basics. Please try deactivate all plugins and change theme to the default, then activate plugins one by one.

    Thread Starter Mark Housel

    (@mark-housel)

    Yes, I am using windows.

    The js error involving wikibits.js happened

      only one time ever

    . All subsequent errors that I have ever seen are the second one.

    options-general.php Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 400 (Bad Request)

    So, I just turn off the Admin area WP-ZEP function clear the logs and then turn it back on or use Firefox.

    Thanks,
    Mark

    Plugin Author tokkonopapa

    (@tokkonopapa)

    Hi,

    Would you give me more detailed information?

    1. Where do you find the error message (Console in Developer tool?)
    2. Which resource was failed to load? (See Network in Developer tool)
    3. Which page or tab? (“Logs” tab? or How about “Settings” tab?)
    4. Do you select “400 Bad Request” as “Response code” in “Validation rule settings” section?
    5. Could you copy & paste the result of “Show information” at “System information” in “Plugin settings” section?

    options-general.php Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 400 (Bad Request)

    I wonder this might be an internal error caused by browser’s prefetch.

    Try to disable “Use a prediction service to load pages more quickly.” on “advanced settings” in Chrome. See Step 4: Make sure page prefetch is on.

    OR make “User messages only” checked on “Console settings” in Chrome Dev Tool. The internal error caused by prefetch will disappear.

    Console settings in Chrome Dev Tool

    Thread Starter Mark Housel

    (@mark-housel)

    Well the email response didn’t work. ;-(

    Let me know what else I need to do.

    > tokkonopapa wrote:
    >
    > Hi,
    >
    > Would you give me more detailed information?
    >
    >
    > Where do you find the error message (Console in Developer tool?)
    After turning on debugging as you suggested, when the error occurred, I used the CTRL-SHIFT-J to get to the error console.

    I have the following check boxes selected- Preserve Log Log XMLHttpRequests, Show timestamps Autocomplete from history

    The log files that I captured begins at the Dashboard, goes to IP Geoblock Logs tab, and then to clearing the logs and the error that occurs.
    These logs were generated with the advanced prefetch settings for Chrome changed as you suggested.

    This seems to be the bottom line: This GET seems to be seen as a bad request and generates the error.
    admin.min.js?ver=3.0.4.1:6 GET https://www.landmprecisiongunworks.com/wordpress/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=ip-geo-block&tab=4&ip-geo-block-auth-nonce=f0a5fbd85a 400 (Bad Request)

    > Which resource was failed to load? (See Network in Developer tool)
    Which page or tab? (“Logs” tab? or How about “Settings” tab?)

    I am no longer seeing that error message? An error occurs but I don’t see the resource error any more. Perhaps because I turned off the prefetch in Chrome?

    > Do you select “400 Bad Request” as “Response code” in “Validation rule settings” section?
    This is set up however the defaults are as far as I know.

    > Could you copy & paste the result of “Show information” at “System information” in “Plugin settings” section?
    Is this what you are looking for?
    – Server: Apache
    – PHP: 7.0.22
    – WordPress: 4.8.1
    – Multisite: no
    – Zlib: yes
    – ZipArchive: yes
    – BC Math: yes
    – mb_strcut: yes
    – DNS lookup: available [10.9 msec]
    – Storefront 2.2.5
    – Coming Soon Page & Maintenance Mode by SeedProd 5.0.14
    – Fast Secure Contact Form 4.0.55
    – Heartbeat Control 1.0.3
    – Invisible reCaptcha 1.1
    – IP Geo Block 3.0.4.1
    – Payment Gateway Based Fees and Discounts for WooCommerce 2.3.1
    – Theme Customisations 1.0.0
    – Theme My Login 6.4.9
    – WooCommerce 3.1.2
    – WooCommerce Composite Products 3.11.3
    – WooCommerce Intuit Payments Gateway 2.1.0
    – WooCommerce PDF Invoices & Packing Slips 2.0.9
    – WooCommerce Stacked Product Layout 1.1.7
    – WooSidebars 1.4.3
    – Wordfence Security 6.3.18
    – WP Super Cache 1.5.5
    – XCloner – Site Backup and Restore 4.0.4
    – 2017-09-10 12:45:06 wp-zep GET:/wordpress/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=ip-geo-block&tab=4&ip-geo-block-auth-nonce=…
    >
    > options-general.php Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 400 (Bad Request)
    >
    > I wonder this might be an internal error caused by browser’s prefetch.
    >
    > Try to disable “Use a prediction service to load pages more quickly.” on “advanced settings” in Chrome. See Step 4: Make sure page prefetch is on.

    I have done this and the error still occurs.

    >
    > OR make “User messages only” checked on “Console settings” in Chrome Dev Tool. The internal error caused by prefetch will disappear.

    If I turn on the user error only then essentially nothing is ever displayed in that screen.

    Here are the logs that I generated-
    Navigating to Settings->IP Geo Block
    12:43:26.940 Navigated to https://www.landmprecisiongunworks.com/wordpress/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=ip-geo-block&ip-geo-block-auth-nonce=abf5c60b88

    12:43:27.402 load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:9 JQMIGRATE: Migrate is installed, version 1.4.1

    12:43:27.872 [Violation] Forced reflow while executing JavaScript took 55ms

    12:43:28.189 load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:2 [Violation] ‘DOMContentLoaded’ handler took 209ms

    12:43:28.428 [Violation] Forced reflow while executing JavaScript took 150ms

    12:43:29.011 load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:4 XHR finished loading: POST “https://www.landmprecisiongunworks.com/wordpress/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php&#8221;.

    send @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:4

    ajax @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:4

    n.(anonymous function) @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:4

    m @ admin.min.js?ver=3.0.4.1:6

    (anonymous) @ admin.min.js?ver=3.0.4.1:6

    i @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:2

    fireWith @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:2

    ready @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:2

    K @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:2

    Selecting the Logs Tab-
    12:44:35.095 Navigated to https://www.landmprecisiongunworks.com/wordpress/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=ip-geo-block&tab=4&ip-geo-block-auth-nonce=abf5c60b88

    12:44:35.649 load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:9 JQMIGRATE: Migrate is installed, version 1.4.1

    12:44:36.154 load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:2 [Violation] ‘DOMContentLoaded’ handler took 174ms

    12:44:36.321 [Violation] Forced reflow while executing JavaScript took 102ms

    12:44:37.197 load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:4 [Violation] ‘readystatechange’ handler took 384ms

    12:44:37.200 [Violation] Forced reflow while executing JavaScript took 81ms

    12:44:37.231 load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:4 XHR finished loading: POST “https://www.landmprecisiongunworks.com/wordpress/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php&#8221;.

    send @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:4

    ajax @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:4

    n.(anonymous function) @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:4

    m @ admin.min.js?ver=3.0.4.1:6

    (anonymous) @ admin.min.js?ver=3.0.4.1:6

    i @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:2

    fireWith @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:2

    ready @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:2

    K @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:2

    Selecting Clear Logs-

    12:45:05.316 load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:3 [Violation] ‘click’ handler took 1268ms

    12:45:06.141 load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:4 XHR finished loading: POST “https://www.landmprecisiongunworks.com/wordpress/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php&#8221;.

    send @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:4

    ajax @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:4

    n.(anonymous function) @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:4

    m @ admin.min.js?ver=3.0.4.1:6

    w @ admin.min.js?ver=3.0.4.1:6

    (anonymous) @ admin.min.js?ver=3.0.4.1:6

    q @ admin.min.js?ver=3.0.4.1:6

    (anonymous) @ admin.min.js?ver=3.0.4.1:6

    dispatch @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:3

    r.handle @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:3

    12:45:06.812 admin.min.js?ver=3.0.4.1:6 GET https://www.landmprecisiongunworks.com/wordpress/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=ip-geo-block&tab=4&ip-geo-block-auth-nonce=f0a5fbd85a 400 (Bad Request)

    y @ admin.min.js?ver=3.0.4.1:6

    (anonymous) @ admin.min.js?ver=3.0.4.1:6

    (anonymous) @ admin.min.js?ver=3.0.4.1:6

    i @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:2

    fireWith @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:2

    y @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:4

    c @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:4

    XMLHttpRequest.send (async)

    send @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:4

    ajax @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:4

    n.(anonymous function) @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:4

    m @ admin.min.js?ver=3.0.4.1:6

    w @ admin.min.js?ver=3.0.4.1:6

    (anonymous) @ admin.min.js?ver=3.0.4.1:6

    q @ admin.min.js?ver=3.0.4.1:6

    (anonymous) @ admin.min.js?ver=3.0.4.1:6

    dispatch @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:3

    r.handle @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.8.1:3

    12:45:06.919 Navigated to https://www.landmprecisiongunworks.com/wordpress/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=ip-geo-block&tab=4&ip-geo-block-auth-nonce=f0a5fbd85a

    Plugin Author tokkonopapa

    (@tokkonopapa)

    Hi Mark,

    Thank you so much for your time to test and report in detail.

    According to your report, “prefetch” in Chrome seem to have no relation to this issue. I’m sorry but please re-configure your Chrome as the original settings. And I have to head in a different direction.

    From the information you pasted:

    – Server: Apache
    – PHP: 7.0.22
    – …
    – XCloner – Site Backup and Restore 4.0.4
    – 2017-09-10 12:45:06 wp-zep GET:/wordpress/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=ip-geo-block&tab=4&ip-geo-block-auth-nonce=…

    I could find that no javascript error occurred but “Prevent Zero-day Exploit” in “Admin area” caused this issue.

    So, for the time being until I can find the cause of this issue, please disable “Prevent Zero-day Exploit” when you encounter “400 (Bad Request)”.

    I will investigate which plugin conflicts with IPGB according to your plugin list. I’m afraid it will take certain time. So please keep watch this thread.

    Sorry for the inconvenience.

    Thread Starter Mark Housel

    (@mark-housel)

    Thanks for taking the time to look into this. Since I know that I have a workaround by disabling the Zero Day Exploit in the Admin area it isn’t such a big deal.

    If there is any other information that I can gather let me know.

    Mark

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