Manual Pages for UNIX Operating System command usage for man acct

System Administration Commands                           acct(1M)



NAME
     acct,  acctdisk,  acctdusg,  accton,  acctwtmp,   closewtmp,
     utmp2wtmp   -   overview  of  accounting  and  miscellaneous
     accounting commands

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/lib/acct/acctdisk


     /usr/lib/acct/acctdusg [-u filename] [-p filename]


     /usr/lib/acct/accton [filename]


     /usr/lib/acct/acctwtmp reason filename


     /usr/lib/acct/closewtmp


     /usr/lib/acct/utmp2wtmp


DESCRIPTION
     Accounting software is structured as a set  of  tools  (con-
     sisting of both C programs and shell procedures) that can be
     used to build accounting systems. acctsh(1M)  describes  the
     set of shell procedures built on top of the C programs.


     Connect time accounting is handled by various programs  that
     write records into /var/adm/wtmpx, as described in utmpx(4).
     The programs described in acctcon(1M) convert this file into
     session  and  charging records, which are then summarized by
     acctmerg(1M).


     Process accounting is performed by the system  kernel.  Upon
     termination  of a process, one record per process is written
     to  a  file  (normally  /var/adm/pacct).  The  programs   in
     acctprc(1M)  summarize  this  data  for  charging  purposes;
     acctcms(1M) is used to summarize command usage. Current pro-
     cess data may be examined using acctcom(1).


     Process  accounting  records  and  connect  time  accounting
     records  (or  any  accounting  records  in  the tacct format
     described in acct.h(3HEAD)) can  be  merged  and  summarized
     into  total accounting records by acctmerg (see tacct format
     in acct.h(3HEAD)). prtacct (see acctsh(1M)) is used to  for-
     mat any or all accounting records.



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     acctdisk reads lines that contain user ID, login  name,  and
     number  of disk blocks and converts them to total accounting
     records that can be merged with  other  accounting  records.
     acctdisk  returns  an  error if the input file is corrupt or
     improperly formatted.


     acctdusg reads its  standard  input  (usually  from  find  /
     -print)  and  computes  disk resource consumption (including
     indirect blocks) by login.


     accton without arguments turns process  accounting  off.  If
     filename  is given, it must be the name of an existing file,
     to which the kernel appends process accounting records  (see
     acct(2) and acct.h(3HEAD)).


     acctwtmp writes a utmpx(4) record to  filename.  The  record
     contains  the  current  time and a string of characters that
     describe the reason. A record type of ACCOUNTING is assigned
     (see  utmpx(4)) reason must be a string of 11 or fewer char-
     acters, numbers, $, or spaces. For  example,  the  following
     are  suggestions  for use in reboot and shutdown procedures,
     respectively:

       acctwtmp "acctg on" /var/adm/wtmpx
       acctwtmp "acctg off" /var/adm/wtmpx



     For each user currently logged on, closewtmp  puts  a  false
     DEAD_PROCESS record in the /var/adm/wtmpx file. runacct (see
     runacct(1M)) uses this false DEAD_PROCESS record so that the
     connect  accounting  procedures  can  track the time used by
     users logged on before runacct was invoked.


     For each user currently logged on, runacct uses utmp2wtmp to
     create  an  entry  in  the  file  /var/adm/wtmpx, created by
     runacct. Entries in /var/adm/wtmpx enable subsequent invoca-
     tions  of  runacct  to  account  for  connect times of users
     currently logged in.

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -u filename    Places  in  filename  records  consisting  of
                    those filenames for which acctdusg charges no
                    one (a potential  source  for  finding  users
                    trying to avoid disk charges).




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     -p filename    Specifies a  password  file,  filename.  This
                    option  is not needed if the password file is
                    /etc/passwd.


ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
     If any of the LC_* variables (LC_TYPE, LC_MESSAGES, LC_TIME,
     LC_COLLATE,  LC_NUMERIC,  and  LC_MONETARY) (see environ(5))
     are not set in the environment, the operational behavior  of
     acct for each corresponding locale category is determined by
     the value of the LANG environment  variable.  If  LC_ALL  is
     set, its contents are used to override both the LANG and the
     other LC_* variables. If none of the above variables are set
     in  the  environment, the "C" (U.S. style) locale determines
     how acct behaves.

     LC_CTYPE    Determines how  acct  handles  characters.  When
                 LC_CTYPE  is  set  to  a  valid  value, acct can
                 display and handle text and filenames containing
                 valid  characters  for  that  locale.  acct  can
                 display and  handle  Extended  Unix  Code  (EUC)
                 characters  where any  character can be 1, 2, or
                 3 bytes wide. acct can also handle  EUC  charac-
                 ters  of 1, 2, or more column widths. In the "C"
                 locale, only  characters  from  ISO  8859-1  are
                 valid.


     LC_TIME     Determines how acct handles date and  time  for-
                 mats.  In the "C" locale, date and time handling
                 follows the U.S. rules.


FILES
     /etc/passwd       Used for login name  to  user  ID  conver-
                       sions.


     /usr/lib/acct     Holds all accounting  commands  listed  in
                       sub-class 1M of this manual.


     /var/adm/pacct    Current process accounting file.


     /var/adm/wtmpx    History of user access and  administration
                       information..


ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



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     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | system/accounting/legacy    |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     acctcom(1),    acctcms(1M),    acctcon(1M),    acctmerg(1M),
     acctprc(1M),  acctsh(1M),  fwtmp(1M),  runacct(1M), acct(2),
     acct.h(3HEAD),    passwd(4),    utmpx(4),     attributes(5),
     environ(5)








































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