Apache WWW-server: Error log

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## 6. Error log

The path to the log file for error messages. Usually, it is `logs/error_log` which is relative to the ServerRoot. Often the directory logs in ServerRoot is a symbolic link to `/var/log/httpd`, which means that the log path above would result in error messages logged to `/var/log/httpd/error_log`.

You should monitor this log after reconfiguring, as most configuration errors are logged here (Linuxconf sadly catches only a few of them.) Additionally, any failed accesses by clients (non-existent pages, failed authorization and so on) are also logged.

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