1. Managing Terminals and Modems (Overview)
2. Setting Up Terminals and Modems (Tasks)
3. Managing Serial Ports With the Service Access Facility (Tasks)
4. Managing System Resources (Overview)
5. Displaying and Changing System Information (Tasks)
7. Managing UFS Quotas (Tasks)
8. Scheduling System Tasks (Tasks)
9. Managing System Accounting (Tasks)
What's New in System Accounting
Oracle Solaris Process Accounting and Statistics Improvements
What Happens If the System Shuts Down
How to Set Up System Accounting
Maintaining Accounting Information
Fixing Corrupted Files and wtmpx Errors
Stopping and Disabling System Accounting
How to Temporarily Stop System Accounting
How to Permanently Disable System Accounting
10. System Accounting (Reference)
11. Managing System Performance (Overview)
12. Managing System Processes (Tasks)
13. Monitoring System Performance (Tasks)
14. Troubleshooting Software Problems (Overview)
16. Managing Core Files (Tasks)
17. Managing System Crash Information (Tasks)
18. Troubleshooting Miscellaneous Software Problems (Tasks)
19. Troubleshooting File Access Problems (Tasks)
20. Resolving UFS File System Inconsistencies (Tasks)
This section describes how to fix corrupted system accounting files and how to restart the runacct script.
Unfortunately, system accounting is not foolproof. Occasionally, a file becomes corrupted or lost. Some files can simply be ignored or restored from backup. However, certain files must be fixed to maintain the integrity of system accounting.
The wtmpx files seem to cause the most problems in the daily operation of system accounting. When the date is changed manually and the system is in multiuser mode, a set of date change records is written to the /var/adm/wtmpx file. The wtmpfix utility is designed to adjust the time stamps in the wtmp records when a date change is encountered. However, some combinations of date changes and reboots slip through the wtmpfix utility and cause the acctcon program to fail.
Roles contain authorizations and privileged commands. For more information about roles, see Configuring RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services.
# /usr/lib/acct/fwtmp < wtmpx > wtmpx.ascii
# /usr/lib/acct/fwtmp -ic < wtmpx.ascii > wtmpx
See the fwtmp(1M) man page for more information.
The integrity of the /var/adm/acct/sum/tacct file is important if you are charging users for system resources. Occasionally, unusual tacct records appear with negative numbers, duplicate user IDs, or a user ID of 65535. First, check the /var/adm/acct/sum/tacctprev file by using the prtacct script to print the file. If the contents look all right, patch the latest /var/adm/acct/sum/tacctMMDD file. Then, re-create the /var/adm/acct/sum/tacct file. The following steps outline a simple patch procedure.
Roles contain authorizations and privileged commands. For more information about roles, see Configuring RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services.
# /usr/lib/acct/acctmerg -v < tacctMMDD > xtacct
MMDD is pair of two-digit numbers that represent the month and day.
# /usr/lib/acct/acctmerg -i < xtacct > tacctMMDD
# /usr/lib/acct/acctmerg < tacctprev tacctMMDD > tacct
The runacct script can fail for several reasons.
The following are the most common reasons:
A system crash
The /var directory is running out of space
A corrupted wtmpx file
If the active.MMDD file exists, check it first for error messages. If the active and lock files exist, check the fd2log file for any relevant messages.
Run without arguments, the runacct script assumes that this invocation is the first invocation of the day. The argument MMDD is necessary if the runacct script is being restarted and specifies the month and day for which the runacct script reruns the accounting. The entry point for processing is based on the contents of the statefile file. To override the statefile file, include the desired state on the command line. For a description of the available states, see the runacct(1M) man page.
![]() | Caution - When you run the runacct program manually, be sure to run it as user adm. |
$ cd /var/adm/acct/nite
$ rm lastdate lock*
The lastdate file contains the date that the runacct program was last run. Restarting the runacct script in the next step re-creates this file.
$ /usr/lib/acct/runacct MMDD [state] 2> /var/adm/acct/nite/fd2log &