From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 16 13:52:40 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48ED716A4CE for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:52:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAA4E43D1D for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:52:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) id hBGLqZMv080924; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:52:35 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:52:35 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: fbsd_user Message-ID: <20031216215235.GR17799@dan.emsphone.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-OS: FreeBSD 5.2-BETA X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" Subject: Re: process accounting X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 21:52:40 -0000 In the last episode (Dec 16), fbsd_user said: > In the /stand/sysinstall/ under post configure is see option for > process accounting. > What is this? > How can I find info about what this is and how to use it? Each process that gets run will be logged into /var/account/acct. You can use the 'lastcomm' command to list the records, and the 'sa' command to summarize them. See the lastcomm and sa manpages for more info. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com