System Management Guide: Operating System and Devices

Chapter 14. System Accounting

The system accounting utility allows you to collect and report on individual and group use of various system resources.

Topics covered in this chapter are:

• Setting Up an Accounting System
• Generating System Accounting Reports
• Generating Reports on System Activity
• Summarizing Accounting Records
• Starting the runacct Command
• Restarting the runacct Command
• Showing System Activity
• Showing System Activity While Running a Command
• Showing Process Time
• Showing CPU Usage
• Showing Connect Time Usage
• Showing Disk Space Utilization
• Showing Printer Usage
• Fixing tacct Errors
• Fixing wtmp Errors
• Fixing General Accounting Problems
• Displaying Locking Activity