From d11bcb456c523a7d03f944fd305fc1aecf6c5343 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JT Smith <jt@plainblack.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 04:03:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added better explaination when the log file cannot be opened.

---
 lib/WebGUI/ErrorHandler.pm | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/ErrorHandler.pm b/lib/WebGUI/ErrorHandler.pm
index ecf91d60f..8cf11131f 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/ErrorHandler.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/ErrorHandler.pm
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ sub fatalError {
 		$logfile = $config->param('logfile');
 	}
         print "<h1>WebGUI Fatal Error</h1>Something unexpected happened that caused this system to fault.<p>" unless ($friendly); 
-	$log = FileHandle->new(">>$logfile") or print "Can't open log file.";
+	$log = FileHandle->new(">>$logfile") or print "Can't open log file: ".$logfile
+		."\n<p>Check your WebGUI configuration file to set the path of the log file, 
+		and check to be sure the web server has the privileges to write to the log file.";
         print $0." at ".localtime(time)." reported:<br>" unless ($friendly);
 	print $log localtime(time)." ".$0." FATAL: ".$_[0]."\n";
         print $_[0] unless ($friendly);