Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 02:10:24 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Accounting "disabled/enabled" messages Message-ID: <20110905071024.GB9801@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20110905052902.GB4255@weller-fahy.com> References: <20110905052902.GB4255@weller-fahy.com>
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In the last episode (Sep 05), David J. Weller-Fahy said: > I noticed today the following entries in my dmesg. > > #v+ > Accounting enabled > Accounting disabled > Accounting enabled > Accounting disabled > Accounting enabled > Accounting disabled > Accounting enabled > #v- > > The uname -a follows. > > FreeBSD NAStie 9.0-BETA1 FreeBSD 9.0-BETA1 #0: Thu Jul 28 16:34:16 UTC 2011 root@obrian.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > I tracked the actual messages down to /usr/src/sys/kern/kern_acct.c, but > am not familiar enough with kernel internals to figure out why its > happening. It *looks* like its happening every time I reboot the system > (been playing around with the power). However, I want to be sure, and > figured I'd check with the list. > > So - are these messages something to be concerned about? Or something > to ignore? Or something to ignore in a BETA environment, and not in a > production environment? Assuming you have accounting enabled in /etc/rc.conf, that's to be expected. Accounting is enabled on boot, disabled on shutdown, and cycled twice during /var/account/acct rotation at 3am. See /etc/rc.d/accounting and /etc/periodic/daily/310.accounting . -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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