acctsh(1M) acctsh(1M)
NAME
chargefee, ckpacct, dodisk, lastlogin, monacct, nulladm, prctmp,
prdaily, prtacct, runacct, shutacct, startup, turnacct - shell
procedures for accounting
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/acct/chargefee login-name number
/usr/lib/acct/ckpacct [blocks]
/usr/lib/acct/dodisk [-o] [files ...]
/usr/lib/acct/lastlogin
/usr/lib/acct/monacct number
/usr/lib/acct/nulladm file
/usr/lib/acct/prctmp
/usr/lib/acct/prdaily [-l] [-c] [ mmdd ]
/usr/lib/acct/prtacct file [ "heading" ]
/usr/lib/acct/runacct [mmdd] [mmdd state]
/usr/lib/acct/shutacct [ "reason" ]
/usr/lib/acct/startup
/usr/lib/acct/turnacct on | off | switch
DESCRIPTION
chargefee can be invoked to charge a number of units to login-name.
A record is written to /var/adm/fee, to be merged with other
accounting records by runacct.
ckpacct should be initiated via cron(1M) to periodically check the
size of /var/adm/pacct. If the size exceeds blocks, 1000 by default,
turnacct will be invoked with argument switch. If the number of free
disk blocks in the /var file system falls below 500, ckpacct will
automatically turn off the collection of process accounting records
via the off argument to turnacct. When at least 500 blocks are
restored, the accounting will be activated again on the next
invocation of ckpacct. This feature is sensitive to the frequency at
which ckpacct is executed, usually by cron.
dodisk should be invoked by cron to perform the disk accounting
functions. By default, it will use diskusg (see diskusg(1M)) to do
disk accounting on the S5 file system in /etc/vfstab. If the -o flag
is used, it will use acctdusg (see acct(1M)) to do a slower version
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of disk accounting by login directory. files specifies the one or
more filesystem names where disk accounting will be done. If files
are used, disk accounting will be done on these filesystems only. If
the -o flag is used, files should be mount points of mounted
filesystems. If the -o option is omitted, files should be the
special file names of mountable filesystems.
lastlogin is invoked by runacct to update /var/adm/acct/sum/loginlog,
which shows the last date on which each person logged in.
monacct should be invoked once each month or each accounting period.
number indicates which month or period it is. If number is not
given, it defaults to the current month (01-12). This default is
useful if monacct is to executed via cron(1M) on the first day of
each month. monacct creates summary files in /var/adm/acct/fiscal
and restarts the summary files in /var/adm/acct/sum.
nulladm creates file with mode 664 and ensures that owner and group
are adm. It is called by various accounting shell procedures.
prctmp can be used to print the session record file (normally
/var/adm/acct/nite/ctmp created by acctcon1 (see acctcon(1M)).
prdaily is invoked by runacct to format a report of the previous
day's accounting data. The report resides in
/var/adm/acct/sum/rprt/mmdd where mmdd is the month and day of the
report. The current daily accounting reports may be printed by
typing prdaily. Previous days' accounting reports can be printed by
using the mmdd option and specifying the exact report date desired.
The -l flag prints a report of exceptional usage by login id for the
specified date. Previous daily reports are cleaned up and therefore
inaccessible after each invocation of monacct. The -c flag prints a
report of exceptional resource usage by command, and may be used on
current day's accounting data only.
prtacct can be used to format and print any total accounting (tacct)
file.
runacct performs the accumulation of connect, process, fee, and disk
accounting on a daily basis. It also creates summaries of command
usage. For more information, see runacct(1M).
shutacct is invoked during a system shutdown to turn process
accounting off and append a "reason" record to /var/adm/wtmp.
startup can be invoked when the system is brought to a multi-user
state to turn process accounting on.
turnacct is an interface to accton (see acct(1M)) to turn process
accounting on or off. The switch argument moves the current
/var/adm/pacct to the next free name in /var/adm/pacctincr (where
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incr is a number starting with 1 and incrementing by one for each
additional pacct file), then turns accounting back on again. This
procedure is called by ckpacct and thus can be taken care of by the
cron and used to keep pacct to a reasonable size. shutacct uses
turnacct to stop process accounting. startup uses turnacct to start
process accounting.
FILES
/var/adm/fee accumulator for fees
/var/adm/pacct current file for per-process accounting
/var/adm/pacctincr
used if pacct gets large and during execution of
daily accounting procedure
/var/adm/wtmp login/logoff summary
/usr/lib/acct/ptelus.awk
contains the limits for exceptional usage by login
ID
/usr/lib/acct/ptecms.awk
contains the limits for exceptional usage by
command name
/var/adm/acct/nite
working directory
/usr/lib/acct holds all accounting commands listed in section 1M
of this manual
/var/adm/acct/sum summary directory contains information for monacct
var/adm/acct/fiscal
fiscal reports directory
SEE ALSO
acct(1M), acctcms(1M), acctcon(1M), acctmerg(1M), acctprc(1M),
cron(1M), diskusg(1M), fwtmp(1M), runacct(1M), acct(4), utmp(4)
acctcom(1) in the User's Reference Manual
acct(2) in the Programmer's Reference Manual
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