My solotion for now based on my comment above is to modify /etc/logrotate.conf to back these files up daily with three backups and compress them. This should hold off the problem for anyone having this due to the wtmp and btmp files being large unless they have even more logins daily than I do. Be careful how you modify the cleanup of these files, the information is needed to triage intruders.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to accountsservice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1316830 Title: /usr/lib/accountsservice/accounts-daemon :: memory and CPU time leak Status in “accountsservice” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: netikras@netikras-netbook ~/received/accountsservice-0.6.20 $ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint DISTRIB_RELEASE=16 DISTRIB_CODENAME=petra DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 16 Petra" uname -a Linux netikras-netbook 3.11.0-12-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 9 16:12:00 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux Nothing. Using my netbook as usual. Did not really notice when this started since earlier today did not feel any significant slowdowns. That's what happened: PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 13155 root 20 0 61424 25m 2948 R 99,6 1,3 1:06.01 accounts-daemon netikras@netikras-netbook /tmp $ while :; do ps aux | grep accounts|grep -v grep;echo; sleep 2; done root 13155 93.6 26.1 555660 519912 pts/0 Sl 01:11 3:15 /usr/lib/accountsservice/accounts-daemon root 13155 92.7 26.1 555660 519912 pts/0 Sl 01:11 3:15 /usr/lib/accountsservice/accounts-daemon root 13155 91.9 26.1 555660 519912 pts/0 Sl 01:11 3:15 /usr/lib/accountsservice/accounts-daemon accounts-daemon is using lots o CPU cycles and memory. Stats above are after restarting daemon for several times. Before this memory usage was >60%; CPU - 100%. In file attached you should be able to see there's a loop checking for something repeatedly. Not sure this is the cause though, but feels like it.. It's the first time I've noticed this problem, but I often leave my computer running unattended so I cannot tell if it's really the first time it happened. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/1316830/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
