Not Sure If This Matters...

[brucehal]

I've noticed my Error Log (in cPanel) shows the following (things labeled "removed" I changed for security reasons):

2013-01-19 12:14:58.556 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/removed/removed/public_html/removed/.htaccess]
2013-01-19 12:14:58.556 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/removed/removed/public_html/.htaccess]
2013-01-19 12:03:03.013 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/removed/removed/public_html/removed/images/.htaccess]
2013-01-19 12:02:21.834 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/removed/removed/public_html/removed/.htaccess]
2013-01-19 11:49:22.099 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/removed/removed/public_html/removed/images/.htaccess]
2013-01-19 11:49:22.090 [INFO] [HTAccess] Updating configuration from [/removed/removed/public_html/removed/.htaccess]

It's only an INFO logging, so it didn't seem important. However:

• I've never seen this on other hosting sites.
• It went away after "level" server was fixed a few days ago.
• It's back now and there is very minor slowdown in loading my site, which wasn't there when "level" was fixed but is now back.

So I wonder if it means something or not. It seems to be constantly updating the configuration, even when no changes are made to the .htaccess file. It seems to update it every single time I visit my site.

I'm thinking that it shouldn't be updating unless the .htaccess file was changed or something.

If this means nothing, then sorry for wasting your time.

 

[descalzo]

You have some CMS that might be doing this?

 

[brucehal]

You have some CMS that might be doing this?

I've got nothing that should be doing this.

I'm running the same exact stuff I'm running on other Hosting sites (MediaWiki). But the other sites don't get this in the Error Log.

I think I've discovered the cause. x10 writes the following into the .htaccess files:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://brucehalpern.elementfx.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://brucehalpern.elementfx.com$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://everquest.brucehalpern.elementfx.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://everquest.brucehalpern.elementfx.com$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://fanra.brucehalpern.elementfx.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://fanra.brucehalpern.elementfx.com$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.brucehalpern.elementfx.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.brucehalpern.elementfx.com$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.everquest.brucehalpern.elementfx.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.everquest.brucehalpern.elementfx.com$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.fanra.brucehalpern.elementfx.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.fanra.brucehalpern.elementfx.com$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://everquest.fanra.info/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://everquest.fanra.info$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.everquest.fanra.info/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.everquest.fanra.info$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://fanra.info/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://fanra.info$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.fanra.info/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.fanra.info$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|bmp)$ - [F,NC]

I'm not sure why and I don't know whether or not it is necessary. I'm afraid that my knowledge of .htaccess files is limited. I am able to put code into them to get them to do various things I need, but I really don't understand them.

So I don't know if these lines that get added by x10 are necessary or whether they are an error.

Just to mention, all of those URLs are to my site. I'm just not sure that it is necessary to list them with RewriteCond in some of the .htaccess files.