Questions tagged [accounting]
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How can I enable pid and ppid fields in psacct dump-acct?
I am currently using the psacct package on Centos to perform accounting on processes run by users.
The info file1 suggests that it is possible to output pid and ppid depending on what information your operating system provides in it's struct…
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annavt
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linux: how to obtain traffic statistics
I have a linux-based bridge. I'd like to count how much traffic does every IP that passes throug generates. In other words I'd like to get a file like this:
src_IP dst_IP pkt_size
1.1.1.1 2.2.2.2 12304
3.3.3.3 4.4.4.4 430
....
Is there a tool to…
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facha
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Proper Traffic Accounting In Postfix
I'm trying to set up a relay server using Postfix as MTA, and I need to log the server's mail usage (either to file or SQL). The idea is to monitor the amount of mails sent by host, and their size.
I've looked at several possibilities for this kind…
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Mojah
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Linux router and firewall with IP accounting
I'm working on a project to replace my organisation's aging Slackware gateway/router/firewall machine, which will have several hundred users behind it. Previously we used rc.firewall but we are now looking for something more modern and easily…
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Andrew
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Shorewall / iptables accounting between specific nets?
I have two servers on two different IPs, lets say they are: 1.2.3.4 and 5.6.7.8. In addition, they both run some virtual machines, who all have private IPs 10.0.0.*. Now, these two servers only have a single ethernet interface each. I want to track…
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davr
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What is correct iptables chain to put -j NETFLOW
I have a router, with firewall (with drop policy), nats, services.
I want to account all factual traffic (inputed before firewal, outputed by services, and passed firewall in forwarding), with its "actual" src/dst (i.e before SNAT, and after…
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QwiglyDee
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freeradius client send only accounting request, not access request
I have freeradius 2.2.6.
Only at first connection the client send both access request and accounting request.
subsequent connections sends only accouting request!
This problem occurs ONLY with sone smartphones (all other device work)
however the…
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Riccardo Locatelli
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Safe alternatives to using iptables redirection for database
We are using MySQL for our FreeRADIUS user store and accounting database for our web application.
I would like to separate the accounting portion of the database, move it to a new server to lighten the database reads and rights, among other…
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notmyname
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Routing and Remote Access Service won't start after full disk
The HDD of the server was out of disk space, and after a reboot, RRAS won't start anymore on my 2008 R2 server.
Error Details:
Log Name: System
Source: RemoteAccess
Date: 2/5/2012 9:39:52 PM
Event ID: 20153
Task Category:…
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NKCSS
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Postfix policyd dual usage setup - greylisting and quotas
On our server we are using policyd 1.x together with Postfix 2.1.5 for greylisting and enforcing incoming quotas from unauthorized users (ie. mail for our domains). For this, I have set up Postfix main.cf like this:
smtpd_restriction_classes =…
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Can Accpac be used with Windows authentication for SQL Server?
I'm the DBA and the Accpac guy is telling me we need a SQL login for the Accpac databases. Right now I use only Windows authentication, and I don't like the idea of turning on mixed authentication if I don't have to. So before I agree to it, I want…
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Using FreeRADIUS to filter accounting packets before forwarding
I am trying to see if it is possible to use FreeRADIUS to filter certain request types before forwarding the request on to its final destination.
I have the following topology for RADIUS accounting packets.
WAP -> Aruba Clearpass (RADIUS Server) ->…
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Littlejon
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Keeping statistics on which programs users run
I'd like to start keeping track of which binaries users run on our Linux cluster. I'd like log the results on each node, and then aggregate them to find the total. I'd like to eventually to get to the point where I can run a report at the end of the…
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Kamil Kisiel
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using powershell ; from a given location a of folder i want to validate and show the number of specific filetypes respective folder
Using powershell from a given location a of folder I want to validate and show the number of specific filetypes respective folder.
I tried using the command to count the number of files in a folder I am able to get total count of files avaiable in…
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Praveen Kambar
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Programatically Pull Account Track Data from Konica Minolta/Ricoh Copy Machines
To be safe, I checked the serverfault guidelines, and I think this question falls under management of 3rd party platforms or administration of networks. I'm sure I'm not the only sysadmin with this question!
On our network, we have about 15 large…
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SteadH
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