<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Requirements for Process Accounting on Linux</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.60"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Enabling Process Accounting on Linux HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Current Status of Process Accounting under Linux" HREF="currentstatus.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Process Accounting Setup on Linux" HREF="pasetup.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Enabling Process Accounting on Linux HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="currentstatus.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="pasetup.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="REQUIREMENTS" >5. Requirements for Process Accounting on Linux</A ></H1 ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="KERNEL" >5.1. Kernel</A ></H2 ><P >A Linux kernel version greater than or equal to version 1.3.73 is required, and I recommended 2.x. The kernel source is available from <A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/v2.0" TARGET="_top" >http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/v2.0</A > </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="PASOFTWARE" >5.2. Process Accounting Software</A ></H2 ><P >Depending on the Linux distribution you have, you may not have the process accounting software package installed on your system. If you don't have it, try downloading the package from <A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/admin/quota-acct-modified.tgz" TARGET="_top" >http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/admin/quota-acct-modified.tgz</A > </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="currentstatus.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="pasetup.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Current Status of Process Accounting under Linux</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Process Accounting Setup on Linux</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >