[Bug 1181790] [NEW] looking in /usr/lib/cgi-bin instead of /etc/awstats

[Moses Moore]

Public bug reported:

What I did:
# su - www-data
$ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=equius.mozai.com -update

What I expected:
Create/Update database for config "/etc/awstats/awstats.conf" by AWStats version 7.0 (build dfsg-5)
>From data in log file ...
(etc etc etc)

What I see instead:
Error: LogFile parameter is not defined in config/domain file
Setup ('equius.mozai.com' file, web server or permissions) may be wrong.
Check config file, permissions and AWStats documentation (in 'docs' directory).

Other information:
$ pwd
/var/www
$ ls -l /etc/awstats/awstats.equius.mozai.com.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 617 May 11  2012 /etc/awstats/awstats.equius.mozai.com.conf
$ strace /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=equius.mozai.com -update 2>&1 |grep open
open("/usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.equius.mozai.com.conf", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.conf", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

I expected the software to look in /etc/awstats/ for the config files,
or maybe the current working directory, not /usr/lib/cgi-bin/.  The
documentation at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AWStats also
describes putting the config files in /etc/awstats/, not in /usr/lib
/cgi-bin/.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: awstats 7.0~dfsg-5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-042stab076.8 x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun May 19 11:51:16 2013
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=screen-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: awstats
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-12-06 (163 days ago)
modified.conffile..etc.awstats.awstats.conf: [modified]
modified.conffile..etc.awstats.awstats.conf.local: [modified]
modified.conffile..etc.cron.d.awstats: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.awstats.awstats.conf: 2013-05-06T23:51:36.204526
mtime.conffile..etc.awstats.awstats.conf.local: 2012-01-10T22:06:09
mtime.conffile..etc.cron.d.awstats: 2012-12-06T16:31:53

** Affects: awstats (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise

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