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.TH ACCTON 8 "February 19, 1999"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
accton \- enable/disable system accounting
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B accton
[\fB\-f file\fP]
[\fB\-r resum\fP]
[\fB\-s suspend\fP]
[\fB\-t freq\fP]
[\fBfilename\fP]
.SH DESCRIPTION
With no argument,
.B accton
will disable system accounting.  If the \fB\-f\fP 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.
.PP
.B accton
is a frontend to  the accounting daemon:
.BR 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 issuing a SIGHUP to the accounting daemon.  If the daemon
is not running it is started.
.PP
The options are:
.TP 10
\-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.
.TP 10
\-r resum
Percentage of diskspace that must be free in order for accounting to
be resumed.  The default is 4%.
.TP 10
\-s susp
If the percentage of free diskspace falls below \fBsusp\fP accounting
is suspended.  The default is 2%.
.TP 10
\-t freq
How often (in seconds) to check the free diskpace.  Default is 30.
.SH FILES
.TP 20
/usr/libexec/acctd
The accounting daemon that reads /dev/acct
.TP 20
/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.
.SH SEE ALSO
acct(5),
acctd(8),
sa(8)
.SH HISTORY
A
.B accton
command appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.