hpux account system

[Camel_1]

Hi there,

What is accounting system in hpux? Any documents available for this software? How can I turn it on hpux11i system.

Thanks,

Simon

[Geoff Wild]

Do you mean auditing? - you need to convert to a "trusted system".:

http://docs.hp.com/en/5990-8172/index.html

In particular, section on "Administering a System: Managing System Security"

Rgds...Geoff

[Camel_1]

Geoff, thank for the reply, I was not asking about auditing. Something call accounting system, I just figured out it can be started by /sbin/init.d/acct start. I am looking for more details regarding this software.

Thanks,

Simon

[Bill Hassell]

The accounting system in HP-UX is quite old and rather cumbersome to use. All the documentation is found in the man pages (and it's not simple to setup). Start with man 1m acct (note: the 1m is required so you will get the overview. man acct shows acct(2) which is a programming call). Other man pages:

man acctcms
man acctcom
man acctcon
man acctmerg
man acctprc
man acctsh
man diskusg
man fwtmp
man runacct
man 2 acct
man 4 acct

Turning accounting on can be quite a drain of the kernel's resources, especially with a very busy system. You'll definitely see an increase in system overhead.

[Camel_1]

thank you ...