Starting System Accounting

2007-12-25 8:04:00

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:

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

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