How to Deactivate Process, Task, Flow, and Network Management Accounting

To deactivate process, task, flow, and network accounting, turn off each of them individually by using the acctadm command with the –x option.

1. Become root or assume an equivalent role.
2. Turn off process accounting.

   # acctadm -x process 

3. Turn off task accounting.

   # acctadm -x task

4. Turn off flow accounting.

   # acctadm -x flow

5. Turn off network management accounting.

   # acctadm -x net

6. Verify that task accounting, process accounting, flow and network accounting have been turned off.

   	# acctadm
               Task accounting: inactive
          Task accounting file: none
        Tracked task resources: none
      Untracked task resources: extended
            Process accounting: inactive
       Process accounting file: none
     Tracked process resources: none
   Untracked process resources: extended
               Flow accounting: inactive
          Flow accounting file: none
        Tracked flow resources: none
      Untracked flow resources: extended
               Net accounting: inactive
          Net accounting file: none
        Tracked Net resources: none
      Untracked Net resources: extended