linux-kernel - kernel/acct.c and testing for accounting still running?

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Message-ID: <20081007235331.GT9967@curie-int.orbis-terrarum.net>
Date:	Tue, 7 Oct 2008 16:53:31 -0700
From:	"Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@...too.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: kernel/acct.c and testing for accounting still running?

I ran into a bit of flapping with my init.d acct lately, and in tracing
why, I noticed that there seems to be absolutely no way that the kernel
exposes to show that it's running any accounting.

Could we expose acct_list in sysfs or procfs, as uid:0, gid:0, perms
0600?

-- 
Robin Hugh Johnson
Gentoo Linux Developer & Infra Guy
E-Mail     : robbat2@...too.org
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