ACCTON(8) UNIX Programmer's Manual ACCTON(8) NAME accton - enable/disable system accounting SYNOPSIS accton [-f file] [-r resum] [-s suspend] [-t freq] [filename] DESCRIPTION With no argument, accton will disable system accounting. If the -f option is given or the last argument is an existing pathname accounting is enabled and for every process which terminates under normal conditions an accounting record is sent to the accounting daemon. accton is a frontend to the accounting daemon: acctd(8). Accounting is turned off by sending a SIGTERM to the running accounting daemon. Changes in configuration (free space thresholds, etc) are made by writing /etc/acctd.cf and issu- ing a SIGHUP to the accounting daemon. If the daemon is not running it is started. The options are: -f file Specifies the name of an existing file to which accounting records are to be appended. If this option and a trailing filename (the historical form of use) is given then the last filename given is used. -r resum Percentage of diskspace that must be free in order for accounting to be resumed. The default is 4%. -s susp If the percentage of free diskspace falls below susp accounting is suspended. The default is 2%. -t freq How often (in seconds) to check the free diskpace. Default is 30. FILES /usr/libexec/acctd The accounting daemon that reads /dev/acct /etc/acctd.cf The configuration file. Must be owned by root and writeable only by root. This file, while simple text, is not meant for human editing since the parse is simpleminded and the daemon is paranoid. SEE ALSO acct(5), acctd(8), sa(8) Printed 11/26/99 February 19, 1999 1 ACCTON(8) UNIX Programmer's Manual ACCTON(8) HISTORY A accton command appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX. Printed 11/26/99 February 19, 1999 2