On 05/04/14 19:06, [email protected] wrote: >>Synopsis: OpenBSD upgrade instructions should mention process accounting >>Category: FAQ - Upgrade Guide >>Environment: > System : OpenBSD 5.5 > Details : OpenBSD 5.5 (GENERIC) #0: Sat May 3 16:39:14 MST 2014 > > [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC > > Architecture: OpenBSD.amd64 > Machine : amd64 >>Description: > The upgrade installer script and upgrade guide do not address the > file /var/account/acct (process accounting) which, due to the > time_t change, needs to be reset as part of the upgrade process, > just as /var/log/lastlog and /var/log/wtmp do. >>How-To-Repeat: > Enable process accounting (accton /var/account/accton) on an > OpenBSD 5.4 system and upgrade it to OpenBSD 5.5. The > output of the lastcomm command will illustrate the problem. >>Fix: > Use the same manual step as suggested for lastlog and wtmp, i.e.: > cp /dev/null /var/account/acct > before re-enabling process accounting. >
update55.html has been updated. I went with "rm /var/account/acct", as one will be rm'ing a bunch of other files, and the file will be recreated on the next reboot with accounting=YES, which you will want to do after you get everything reloaded. Nick.
