Turning on Process Accounting

Turning on Process Accounting

To turn on process accounting:

Log in to the system as root.
Enter this command:
chkconfig acct on
Enter this command:
/usr/lib/acct/startup
This starts the kernel writing information into the file /var/adm/pacct.

Process accounting is started every time you boot the system, and every time the system boots, you should see a message similar to this:

System accounting started

Note that process accounting files, especially /var/adm/pacct, can grow very large. If you turn on process accounting, especially on a server, you should watch the amount of free disk space carefully. See "Controlling Accounting File Size".