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[Jonathan Greenblatt <1316830@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.

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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.

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