From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 26 12:20:12 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFA87106566C for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:20:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA60A8FC08 for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:20:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q3QCKCbW037824 for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:20:12 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q3QCKCCh037823; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:20:12 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:20:12 GMT Message-Id: <201204261220.q3QCKCCh037823@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Jeremy Chadwick Cc: Subject: Re: kern/167321: Implement sysctl to control kernel accounting log messages (e.g. acct(2)) X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Jeremy Chadwick List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:20:12 -0000 The following reply was made to PR kern/167321; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Jeremy Chadwick To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: kern/167321: Implement sysctl to control kernel accounting log messages (e.g. acct(2)) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:18:02 -0700 ...and also the patch for the acct(2) man page, documenting this variable. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc@koitsu.org | | UNIX Systems Administrator http://jdc.koitsu.org/ | | Mountain View, CA, US | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP 4BD6C0CB | --- SNIP --- --- src/lib/libc/sys/acct.2.orig 2009-08-03 01:13:06.000000000 -0700 +++ src/lib/libc/sys/acct.2 2012-04-26 05:11:42.670706272 -0700 @@ -87,6 +87,16 @@ .It Va kern.acct_suspend The percentage of free disk space below which process accounting will suspend. +.It Va kern.acct_logging +If set to 0, the kernel will inhibit console messages indicating when +accounting is enabled, disabled, suspended, or resumed. This can be +useful when the +.Xr periodic.conf 5 +variable +.Va daily_accounting_enable +is set to +.Dq YES . +The default value is 1 (enabled). .El .Sh RETURN VALUES On error -1 is returned.