39.6. Editing Global Options

Webalizer has a master configuration file named /etc/webalizer.conf that is used by the module if the Report options field is set to Use global options. It is also copied when you select Custom options to provide the initial settings for the per-log file configuration. Changing the global options afterwards, however, will have no effect on any logs that are already using their own configuration file.

If you only have one log file on your system that needs analysis, it makes more sense to use only the global webalizer.conf file instead of having one created just for the report on that log. And if you plan to set up reporting on multiple log files, you should edit the global Webalizer configuration first to provide ...

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