Linux server administration/acct
(Redirected from Linux server administration/atop/acct)
Acct package allows to activate process accounting in Linux. Installing acct
package in Ubuntu activates accounting by default.
- Configuration:
/etc/default/acct
- Logs file:
/var/log/account/pacct
Activities
edit- Install in Ubuntu
acct
accounting package and deactivate it changingACCT_ENABLE="1"
toACCT_ENABLE="0"
in/etc/default/acct
and stopping it/etc/init.d/acct stop
- Activate accounting by executing
accton on
and deactivate it by executingaccton off
and check statusservice acct status
grep -w acct /var/log/syslog Jul 29 14:22:00 machine-name acct[23114]: Turning on process accounting, file set to '/var/log/account/pacct'. Jul 29 14:22:00 machine-name acct[23114]: * Done. Jul 29 15:02:15 machine-name acct[12629]: Turning off process accounting. Jul 29 15:02:15 machine-name acct[12629]: * Done.
See also
edit- atop
- sar
- auditd (https://linux.die.net/man/8/auditd) allows to retrieve audit records such as system-calls from the kernel
- Linux server administration/Performance and Troubleshooting