HostnameLookups Off - No, I really mean it

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I am running Apache 2.0.47 on Windows XP. Apache is running as a
service.

One relatively minor problem: Although I have "HostnameLookups Off"
specified in my httpd.conf file, everything in the access.log is still
being resolved to a host name; just as if I had "HostnameLookups On"
specified instead. Here is a reference for the "HostnameLookups"
command:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod...ostnamelookups

I have of course restarted the service; it's not that the configuration
change hasn't taken effect. I am not pathing to a different httpd.conf
file. And I don't have duplicate "HostnameLookups" entries in
httpd.conf, or any other obvious goof that I can find. Accesses are
being logged just fine, and I am not mistakenly looking at old entries,
when "HostnameLookups On" was enabled. I've tried deleting access.log.
Nothing has worked.

This seems bizarre, and it has me stumped. Any ideas are welcome.

djs <djs@fakeisp.com> wrote:

> x-no-archive: yes
>
> I am running Apache 2.0.47 on Windows XP. Apache is running as a
> service.
>
> One relatively minor problem: Although I have "HostnameLookups Off"
> specified in my httpd.conf file, everything in the access.log is still
> being resolved to a host name; just as if I had "HostnameLookups On"
> specified instead. Here is a reference for the "HostnameLookups"
> command:
>
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod...ostnamelookups
>
> I have of course restarted the service; it's not that the
> configuration change hasn't taken effect. I am not pathing to a
> different httpd.conf file. And I don't have duplicate
> "HostnameLookups" entries in httpd.conf, or any other obvious goof
> that I can find. Accesses are being logged just fine, and I am not
> mistakenly looking at old entries, when "HostnameLookups On" was
> enabled. I've tried deleting access.log. Nothing has worked.
>
> This seems bizarre, and it has me stumped. Any ideas are welcome.

Hah--well, as usual, the very act of posting this on Usenet increased my
IQ by 50 points.

The "problem" (more like "consternation") was caused by the fact that I
was using "Deny from" host name entries (like "Deny from .ad", etc.).
This behavior is even mentioned in the docs:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod...ostnamelookups

"Regardless of the setting, when mod_access is used for controlling
access by hostname, a double reverse lookup will be performed. This is
necessary for security."

It's all so obvious now...