How to Set Up System Accounting

1. Become superuser.

2. If necessary, install the SUNWaccr and SUNWaccu packages on your system by using the pkgadd command.

3. Install /etc/init.d/acct as the startup script for Run Level 2.

   # ln /etc/init.d/acct /etc/rc2.d/S22acct

4. Install /etc/init.d/acct as the stop script for Run Level 0.

   # ln /etc/init.d/acct /etc/rc0.d/K22acct

5. Add the following lines to the adm crontab file to start the ckpacct, runacct, and monacct programs automatically.

   # EDITOR=vi; export EDITOR # crontab -e adm 0 * * * * /usr/lib/acct/ckpacct 30 2 * * * /usr/lib/acct/runacct 2> /var/adm/acct/nite/fd2log 30 7 1 * * /usr/lib/acct/monacct

6. Add the following line to the root crontab file to start the dodisk program automatically.

   # crontab -e 30 22 * * 4 /usr/lib/acct/dodisk

7. Edit /etc/acct/holidays to include national and local holidays.

8. Reboot the system, or type:

   # /etc/init.d/acct start

Examples--Setting Up Accounting

The following example shows how the crontab entries that run /usr/lib/acct/ckpacct, /usr/lib/acct/runacct, and /usr/lib/acct/monacct have been added to /var/spool/cron/crontabs/adm.

#ident  "@(#)adm        1.5     92/07/14 SMI"    /* SVr4.0 1.2   */
#
# The adm crontab file should contain startup of performance 
# collection if the profiling and performance feature has been 
# installed.
0 * * * * /usr/lib/acct/ckpacct
30 2 * * * /usr/lib/acct/runacct 2> /var/adm/acct/nite/fd2log
30 7 1 * * /usr/lib/acct/monacct

The following example shows how the crontab entry that runs /usr/lib/acct/dodisk has been added to /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root.

#ident  "@(#)root       1.16    98/04/28 SMI"   /* SVr4.0 1.1.3.1       */
#
# The root crontab should be used to perform accounting data collection.
#
# The rtc command is run to adjust the real time clock if and when
# daylight savings time changes.
#
10 3 * * 0,4 /etc/cron.d/logchecker
10 3 * * 0   /usr/lib/newsyslog
15 3 * * 0 /usr/lib/fs/nfs/nfsfind
1 2 * * * [ -x /usr/sbin/rtc ] && /usr/sbin/rtc -c > /dev/null 2>&1
30 3 * * * [ -x /usr/lib/gss/gsscred_clean ] && /usr/lib/gss/gsscred_clean
30 22 * * 4 /usr/lib/acct/dodisk
 

The following example shows a sample /etc/acct/holidays file.

* @(#)holidays	January 1, 1999
*
* Prime/Nonprime Table for UNIX Accounting System
*
* Curr	Prime	Non-Prime
* Year	Start	Start
*
  1999	0800	1800
*
* only the first column (month/day) is significant.
*
* month/day	Company
* 		Holiday
*
1/1		New Years Day
7/4		Indep. Day
12/25		Christmas