Access Logging in OC4J

Question

I can get the various websites like the default-web-site to output access log information but they never have userid info in them, only "- -" even users are logged in. No userids appear in OHS access logs either. Apps frontended by SiteMinder have both REMOTE_USER and SMSESSION populated but no userid makes it into the access logs. Any ideas?

Answer 1

I'd never done it, but it does look like you can specify a format for the access-log entries:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B25221_04/web.1013/b14432/website.htm#BABFGJHD
The format string looks like it supports a field called $user, which may give you what you want.
As a test, using OC4J 10.1.3.3, I just set mine up as follows in default-web-site.xml:
<web-app application="ascontrol" name="ascontrol" load-on-startup="true" root="/em" ohs-routing="false" access-log="true"/>
<access-log path="../log/default-web-access.log" format="$ip - $user '$request' $status $size"/>
I then started OC4J, accessed the ascontrol application and logged in as the oc4jadmin user.
In the access log, the following entries were produced that clearly lists the user I logged in as:
127.0.0.1 - - - [127.0.0.1 - - 'GET /em/console/ias/oc4j/home HTTP/1.1' 200 9654
127.0.0.1 - 'oc4jadmin' 'POST /em/j_security_check HTTP/1.1' 302 207
127.0.0.1 - 'oc4jadmin' 'GET /em/console/postLogon HTTP/1.1' 200 4731
127.0.0.1 - 'oc4jadmin' 'POST /em/console/postLogon HTTP/1.1' 302 180
127.0.0.1 - 'oc4jadmin' 'GET /em/console/ HTTP/1.1' 302 156
127.0.0.1 - 'oc4jadmin' 'GET /em/ HTTP/1.1' 200 185
127.0.0.1 - 'oc4jadmin' 'GET /em/console/ias/oc4j/home HTTP/1.1' 200 21610
127.0.0.1 - 'oc4jadmin' 'GET /em/cabo/images/cache/cghee.gif HTTP/1.1' 200 76
127.0.0.1 - 'oc4jadmin' 'GET /em/cabo/images/cache/cghes.gif HTTP/1.1' 200 109
127.0.0.1 - 'oc4jadmin' 'GET /em/cabo/images/cache/cstlu.gif HTTP/1.1' 200 43
127.0.0.1 - 'oc4jadmin' 'GET /em/cabo/images/cache/en/bRestOXOP.gif HTTP/1.1' 200 460
127.0.0.1 - 'oc4jadmin' 'GET /em/cabo/images/cache/en/bStopDwKu.gif HTTP/1.1' 200 426
127.0.0.1 - 'oc4jadmin' 'GET /em/cabo/images/cache/cstru.gif HTTP/1.1' 200 44
127.0.0.1 - 'oc4jadmin' 'GET /em/cabo/images/cache/cstll.gif HTTP/1.1' 200 44
127.0.0.1 - 'oc4jadmin' 'GET /em/cabo/images/cache/cghec.gif HTTP/1.1' 200 93
127.0.0.1 - 'oc4jadmin' 'GET /em/cabo/images/cache/cstrl.gif HTTP/1.1' 200 43
127.0.0.1 - 'oc4jadmin' 'GET /em/images/trafficGreen.gif HTTP/1.1' 200 1213
127.0.0.1 - 'oc4jadmin' 'GET /em/dynamicImage/emSDK/chart/EmChartBean?beanId=D659A5D6B83129E7F46647BB382F045B.gif HTTP/1.1' 200 3359