error log messages

what does this mean

[Celt_Man]

What does it mean when someone is trying to access my cgi-bin/formmail2.cgi? Sometimes I get long lists of a specific IP address trying to access this file.

[robert adams]

when someone fills out a form on your website, formail2.cgi is the program that sends that information to you and or others using the sendmail program on your server.
Either people are filling out your forms and hitting the submit button, or someont is trying to access your formail script from outside your server.

luck,
robert

[Celt_Man]

Thanks Robert,

I sure have alot to learn.

I don't have any fill out forms on my website.

Why would someone try to access my formmail script outside of my server. Is this a malicious act?

[vrtlw]

Why would someone try to access my formmail script outside of my server. Is this a malicious act?

It would most likely be malicious, they are probably trying to send (or test for sending) spam from you web server. Most hosts that I know of provide secure scripts that interface with sendmail - you probably need to contact your hosting provider and run it by them (or check their FAQ's).

[operafan]

Celtman there's notin to worry about if you dont have anyscripts in your cgibin. Yes this error messages are always there bcoz of *ackers wanting to exploit your formail.pl to send spam mail via your domain name if thru that script which is widely used.. if you dont want that to clutter your logs then you'll have to discover some apache functions :)

[vrtlw]

Celtman there's notin to worry about if you dont have anyscripts in your cgibin.

Actually, many hosts use a shared cgi-bin directory for commonly used scripts.