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Date:      Wed, 5 Nov 1997 22:19:43 -0700
From:      John-David Childs <jdc@nterprise.net>
To:        Doug Lo <jwlo@ms11.hinet.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: lastcomm problem.
Message-ID:  <19971105221943.06767@denver.net>
In-Reply-To: <34613C25.CB2232E3@ms11.hinet.net>; from Doug Lo on Thu, Nov 06, 1997 at 11:40:22AM %2B0800
References:  <34613C25.CB2232E3@ms11.hinet.net>

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On Thursday November  6, 1997, Doug Lo <jwlo@ms11.hinet.net>
 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.

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