File does not exist: /usr/local/apache/htdocs/*

postcd

• June 17, 2015 09:12

Hello, i see many log entires like following ones in WHM server apache error_log [Wed Jun 17 13:58:18 2015] [error] [client 96.*.*.*] File does not exist: /usr/local/apache/htdocs/new [Wed Jun 17 13:58:19 2015] [error] [client 10.*.*.*] File does not exist: /usr/local/apache/htdocs/ord [Wed Jun 17 13:58:19 2015] [error] [client 41.*.*.*] File does not exist: /usr/local/apache/htdocs/co [Wed Jun 17 13:58:20 2015] [error] [client 10.*.*.*] File does not exist: /usr/local/apache/htdocs/ord [Wed Jun 17 13:58:20 2015] [error] [client 46.*.*.*] File does not exist: /usr/local/apache/htdocs/test [Wed Jun 17 13:58:23 2015] [error] [client 96.*.*.*] File does not exist: /usr/local/apache/htdocs/new
Please why/how they accessing: /usr/local/apache/htdocs/ ? Normal apache error log entries looks like: [Wed Jun 17 14:12:33 2015] [error] [client 59.*.*.*] File does not exist: /home/*/public_html/*/*.js, referer:

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  24x7ss

  • June 17, 2015 18:07

  Hello, That could have been a ddos attack on your server to make it busy or slow. Are you seeing similar IPs with such incoming requests ?

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  postcd

  • June 17, 2015 18:44

  Thanks, the IPs were rather not similar. And i dont think it was as intensive enough to be attack. My aim is not to block them manually, but discover how that happens and how to prevent.. as per my first post, thx

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  cPanelMichael

  • July 06, 2015 15:15

  Hello :) The "/usr/local/apache/htdocs/" directory is the default directory for access attempts to domain names without a VirtualHost entry in the Apache configuration file, or for IP addresses that resolve to your server. You can block the IP addresses making those requests in your firewall. Thank you.

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