Setting Up System Accounting

You can set up system accounting to run while the system is in multiuser mode (system state 2). Generally, this involves:

1. Creating /etc/rc0.d/K22acct and /etc/rc2.d/S22acct.

2. Modifying /var/spool/cron/crontabs/adm and /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root.

Most of the accounting scripts are added to the /var/spool/cron/crontabs/adm database file. Table 60-1 describes the default accounting scripts.

You can change these defaults. After these entries have been added to the database and the accounting programs have been installed, accounting should run automatically.

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 or admintool 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. Modify the admcrontab 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. Modify 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, by using the editor of your choice.

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       1.12   94/03/24 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.
#
0 2 * * 0,4 /etc/cron.d/logchecker
5 4 * * 6   /usr/lib/newsyslog
15 3 * * * /usr/lib/fs/nfs/nfsfind
1 2 * * * [ -x /usr/sbin/rtc ] && /usr/sbin/rtc -c > /dev/null 2>&1
20 * * * * [ -x /usr/lib/inet/ntpdate ] && /usr/lib/inet/ntpdate -m
224.0.1.1 >/dev/null 2>&1
30 22 * * 4 /usr/lib/acct/dodisk
 

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

* @(#)holidays  January 1, 1997
*
* Prime/Nonprime Table for UNIX Accounting System
*
* Curr  Prime   Non-Prime
* Year  Start   Start
*
  1997  0800    1800
*
* only the first column (month/day) is significiant.
*
* month/day     Company
*               Holiday
*
1/1             New Years Day
1/20            Martin Luther King's Day
2/17            President's Day
5/26            Memorial Day
7/3             Day before Indep. Day
7/4             Indep. Day
9/1             Labor Day
11/27           Thanksgiving
11/28           Day after Thanksgiving
12/25           Christmas
12/26           Winter Break
12/29           Winter Break
12/30           Winter Break
12/31           Winter Break