--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2001/10/05 17:54:36	1.161
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2001/10/16 18:41:01	1.165
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 # July Guy Albertelli
 # 8/4,8/7,8/8,8/9,8/11,8/16,8/17,8/18,8/20,8/23,9/20,9/21,9/26,
 # 10/2 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# 10/5 Scott Harrison
+# 10/5,10/10 Scott Harrison
 
 package Apache::lonnet;
 
@@ -148,14 +148,23 @@ use Fcntl qw(:flock);
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------- Logging
 
+sub logtouch {
+    my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
+    unless (-e "$execdir/logs/lonnet.log") {
+	my $fh=Apache::File->new(">>$execdir/logs/lonnet.log");
+	close $fh;
+    }
+    my ($wwwuid,$wwwgid)=(getpwnam('www'))[2,3];
+    chown($wwwuid,$wwwgid,$execdir.'/logs/lonnet.log');
+}
+
 sub logthis {
     my $message=shift;
     my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
     my $now=time;
     my $local=localtime($now);
-    my $fh;
-    $fh=Apache::File->new(">>$execdir/logs/lonnet.log") and
-	print $fh "$local ($$): $message\n";
+    my $fh=Apache::File->new(">>$execdir/logs/lonnet.log");
+    print $fh "$local ($$): $message\n";
     return 1;
 }
 
@@ -164,9 +173,8 @@ sub logperm {
     my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
     my $now=time;
     my $local=localtime($now);
-    my $fh;
-    $fh=Apache::File->new(">>$execdir/logs/lonnet.perm.log") and
-	print $fh "$now:$message:$local\n";
+    my $fh=Apache::File->new(">>$execdir/logs/lonnet.perm.log");
+    print $fh "$now:$message:$local\n";
     return 1;
 }
 
@@ -2425,6 +2433,7 @@ unless ($readit) {
 %metacache=();
 
 $readit='done';
+&logtouch();
 &logthis('<font color=yellow>INFO: Read configuration</font>');
 }
 }