From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 5 21:19:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA17376 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 21:19:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from milehigh.denver.net (milehigh.denver.net [204.144.180.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA17352 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 21:19:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdc@milehigh.denver.net) Received: (from jdc@localhost) by milehigh.denver.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) id WAA22968; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 22:19:43 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <19971105221943.06767@denver.net> Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 22:19:43 -0700 From: John-David Childs To: Doug Lo Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lastcomm problem. References: <34613C25.CB2232E3@ms11.hinet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.79 In-Reply-To: <34613C25.CB2232E3@ms11.hinet.net>; from Doug Lo on Thu, Nov 06, 1997 at 11:40:22AM +0800 Organization: Enterprise Internet Solutions Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thursday November 6, 1997, Doug Lo had this to say about "lastcomm problem.": > Hi, FreeBSD gurus, > > When I run lastcomm, it appears: > lastcomm: /var/account/acct: No such file or directory > > Then I create acct in /var/account directory, but I STILL can't show > last commands. > Would anyone know how to use it? You need to turn accounting on in your kernel and/or your startup files (/etc/sysconfig or /etc/rc.conf depending on FreeBSD version). See accton(8) > > Thanks in advance, > Doug. -- John-David Childs (JC612) Enterprise Internet Solutions System Administrator @denver.net/Internet-Coach/@ronan.net & Network Engineer 1031 S. Parker Rd. #I-8 Denver, CO 80231 As of this^H^H^H^H next week, passwords will be entered in Morse code.