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.\" $NetBSD: accton.8,v 1.14 2011/04/25 22:32:27 wiz Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Christopher G. Demetriou
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.Dd January 23, 2008
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.Dt ACCTON 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm accton
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.Nd enable/disable system accounting
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Ar file
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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With an argument naming an existing
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.Ar file ,
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.Nm
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causes system accounting information for every process executed
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to be placed at the end of the file.
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If no argument is given, accounting is turned off.
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.Pp
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The default accounting file is
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.Pa /var/account/acct .
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Typically, accounting is enabled by rc scripts during the boot process.
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In
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.Nx ,
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one may enable accounting by setting the variable
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.Dq accounting
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to
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.Dq YES
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in
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.Pa /etc/rc.conf .
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.Pp
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Note that, traditionally, the system accounting log file can not be rotated
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cleanly by
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.Xr newsyslog 8 .
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Instead, a default installation of
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.Nx
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rotates
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.Pa /var/account/acct
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using the
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.Pa /etc/daily
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script.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /var/account/acct -compact
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.It Pa /var/account/acct
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Default accounting file.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr lastcomm 1 ,
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.Xr acct 5 ,
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.Xr sa 8
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