Much appreciated Doug! Raf.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Fenton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 1:46 PM Subject: RE: (clug-talk) usr/lib/sa/sa1? What's that? > I commonly use the sar utility to monitor system performance. We find it > helpful for keeping daily processor usage stats. And since the files in > /var/log/sa are overwritten for each day of the month, so you generally > don't have to worry too much about disk space. > > =8-)) > > -----Original Message----- > From: J. Rafael S�nchez [mailto:rsanchez@;itres.com] > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 12:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) usr/lib/sa/sa1? What's that? > > > sa1 and sa2 store system accounting information and processs information. > The file > > you are looking for is /etc/cron.d/sysstat > > Is this a good thing to have it running? The system where I found it does > tar backups for users home accounts. I > > Thank you. > Raf. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Trevor Lauder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 11:39 AM > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) usr/lib/sa/sa1? What's that? > > > > sa1 and sa2 store system accounting information and processs information. > The file > > you are looking for is /etc/cron.d/sysstat > > > > Hope that helps. :) > > > > J. Rafael S�nchez ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: > > > > > >Good day all, > > > > > >I noticed a '/usr/lib/sa/sa1 1 1' entry on my cron log file. I looked a > the > > >man pages for sa1 and it went-over-my-head. "Collect and store binary > data > > >in the system activity daily data file" it says. I know it's running > every > > >10 minutes. > > > > > >I looked at my crontab 'default ones' under /etc/ and I did not find any > > >traces of it. > > >SHELL=/bin/bash > > >PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin > > >MAILTO=root > > >HOME=/ > > > > > ># run-parts > > >01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly > > >02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily > > >22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly > > >42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly > > > > > >I would think that the one running it would be /etc/cron.hourly, but > > >/etc/cront.hourly is empty. > > > > > >[root@hostname root] ls -laF /etc/cron.hourly/ > > >total 5 > > >drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jul 19 2001 ./ > > >drwxr-xr-x 51 root root 4096 Oct 25 09:06 ../ > > > > > > > > >Would someone, kindly, give me a lame explanation of this situation? > > > > > >Thank you for your time. > > > > > > > > >Raf. > > > > > >+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ > > >j.rafael.s�nchez > > >Systems Administrator > > >+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ > > >Itres Research Limited > > >www.itres.com > > >Phone: 403.250.9944 > > >Fax: 403.250.9916 > > >+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Trevor Lauder > > > > --- Home --- > > WWW: http://www.thelauders.net > > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --- Work --- > > LAN Solutions > > Manager of Linux Solutions > > WWW: http://www.lansolutions.ab.ca > > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
