accton(ADM)


accton -- turn on accounting

Syntax

/usr/lib/acct/accton [ file ]

Description

accton turns process accounting on and off. If no file is given then accounting is turned off. If file is given, the kernel appends process accounting records. (See acct(S-osr5) and acct(FP)).

Files


/etc/passwd
used for login name to user ID conversions

/usr/adm/pacct
current process accounting file

/usr/adm/sulogin
super user login history file

/etc/wtmp
login/logout history file

See also

acct(ADM), acctcom(ADM), acct(S-osr5), acct(FP), su(C), utmp(F)

Standards conformance

accton is not part of any currently supported standard; it is an extension of AT&T System V developed by The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
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SCO OpenServer Release 6.0.0 -- 03 June 2005