Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 13:01:29 +0100 (BST) From: Marc Silver <marcs@draenor.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/65071: accton.8 patch Message-ID: <20040402120129.A1D1AFA39A@riffraff.plig.net> Resent-Message-ID: <200404021210.i32CAGUv023162@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 65071 >Category: docs >Synopsis: accton.8 patch >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: update >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Apr 02 04:10:16 PST 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Marc Silver >Release: FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD riffraff.plig.net 4.9-STABLE FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE #5: Wed Mar 3 16:21:56 GMT 2004 keet@riffraff.plig.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/RIFFRAFF i386 >Description: The man page for accton(8) does not mention that the accounting file must exist prior to starting process accounting. >How-To-Repeat: man 8 accton accton /tmp/a_random_file_name >Fix: Apply the following patch: --- accton.8.orig Fri Apr 2 13:58:57 2004 +++ accton.8 Fri Apr 2 14:00:20 2004 @@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ .Xr sa 8 command may be used to examine the accounting records. If no arguments are given, system accounting is disabled. +.Pp +The +.Ar acctfile +specified in the argument must exist prior to starting +system accounting, or +.Nm +will return an error. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /var/account/acct .It Pa /var/account/acct >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:help
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