SUMMARY: Starting System Accounting

From: Michael P. O'boyle (moboyle@lonestar.utsa.edu)
Date: Mon Jan 25 1993 - 22:16:17 CST


My original Question:

>
> When attempting to turn on system accounting I receive a busy message:
>
> the command -> /usr/lib/acct/accton file1
>
> the message -> /usr/lib/acct/accton: accounting is busy: cannot turn accounting
> ON.
>
> The machine is a Sparc2 running SunOS 4.1.1
>
> Is this the proper way to start accounting?
>

>From the respondants I have learned that the following:

            I For GENERIC_SMALL kernel users.

 1) Accounting is not activated if you are using the
     GENERIC_SMALL kernel.

   
        The kernel needs to be rebuilt with a line commenter removed:

              Uncomment the line in the kernel's config file
              containing the SYSACCT info.

            II For GENERIC_SMALL kernel AND full kernel users

 
  1) Uncomment this line in /etc/rc: # /usr/lib/acct/startup
 
  2) Put these lines in the root crontab file:

# system acct processes
0 * * * * /usr/lib/acct/ckpacct
0 1 * * 1-6 /usr/lib/acct/dodisk
0 2 * * 1-6 /usr/lib/acct/runacct 2> /usr/adm/acct/nite/fd2log
15 5 1 * * /usr/lib/acct/monacct

  3) Apply some patches for the ckpacct and runacct scripts.
       (I am in the process of getting these from a respondant, and
        will provide them to anyone who wants them)

  4) Reboot...

Thanks to all those who responded:

jpack@fnoc.navy.mil Jeff Pack
msolda@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu Mark solda
jdell@maggie.mit.edu John Ellithorpe
Michael.Meyers@Corp.Sun.COM Michael Meyers
shilo@mcd.intel.com Shilo Jennings
steve@seattle.Avcom.COM Steve Lee
pers@ppvku.ericsson.se Per Strvmgren
rice@sunkist.West.Sun.Com Jim Rice
kevin@fourx.Aus.Sun.Com Kevin Sheehan

Also my thanks to posters without full names in their return-path.



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