Is incredible how this is still a thing in 2019 in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS...
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Sorry for spamming, but I found that above solution is not 100% perfect:
It causes warnings in proftpd.log. Instead of removing /var/log/wtmp
better write the following directive in /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf:
WtmpLog off
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Apparently, wtmp just keeps a log of _all_ logins. Removing that file
disables this logging (I have it in proftpd.log anyways) and solved my
problem!
rm /var/log/wtmp
>From man wtmp:
The wtmp file records all logins and logouts. (...) wtmp is maintained by
login(1), init(8), and some versions
Same here, this time on Debian 3.16.43-2+deb8u1 with kernel
3.16.0-4-amd64. I know this is an Ubuntu forum, but this bug ticket is
the closest one for this issue that I could find. Package
accountsservice has version 0.6.37-3+b1.
This machine is running ProFTPd 1.3.5 with a high number of FTP
I am also having this issue. CPU pegged, large /var/log/wtmp. Also
running ProFTPd.
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I am seeing the same issue on Ubuntu Xenial with proftpd.
I am hosting 2 fairly busy proftpd servers that handle up to 10
login/secs. My /var/log/btmp are at size 0 but the /var/log/wtmp file
are up to 83M, maybe more because I restarted the servers before finding
this ticket to take a look at
[Expired for accountsservice (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity
for 60 days.]
** Changed in: accountsservice (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Expired
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netikras, could you check if your b|wtmp files are also the issue?
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Importance: Undecided => High
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Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
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I figured it out by attaching to the process with gdb and doing a
backtrace. Apparently my wtmp and btmp files got full from devices doing
remote logins on a regular basis. I became suspicious that there was
something particular to what I was doing based on how few people were
affected by this.
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
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
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Status: New = Confirmed
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