[SOLVED] Gnome-keyring fills my auth.log

burkina76 · 07-03-2020, 11:41 AM

Hi all,

my root partition on Ubuntu 18.04 suddenly became completely full, because of a huge /var/log/auth.log (>300 Gb). Indeed, the following entry:

Code:

gnome-keyring-daemon[2466]: couldn't accept new control request: Too many open files

repeats several times each second!
I cleaned the log (with

Code:

>/var/log/auth.log

), but I would like to understand what's going on and resolve it, since it will fill it again. To be honest, I don't know if I really use gnome-keyring or not.
It may be useful to know that I cannot physically access the PC now, so I use it remotely via vnc (will the ssh authentication pass via the keyring?). For the same reason, I do not dare rebooting it...

Thanks!
Stefano

ondoho · 07-04-2020, 04:28 AM

If you use vanilla Ubuntu I think you need the gnome-keyring.

It would be good to know what exactly these error messages are.

burkina76 · 07-04-2020, 04:45 AM

Hi,

thanks for the reply. I have the 'standard' Ubuntu 18.04 installed. I don't have other details on the error message apart from what is obsessively repeated in the log...

Stefano

ondoho · 07-04-2020, 05:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by burkina76

I don't have other details on the error message apart from what is obsessively repeated in the log...

Oh I'm very sorry, you already posted that. It somehow slipped by me.
I just tried various web searches with that error message and got nowhere.

Random probing questions:

how are you starting it? Do you have various instances of it running? 'pidof gnome-keyring-daemon' should tell you.
are you using some unusual software like tiger vnc or just ssh? Anything that might require "permissions" really.

burkina76 · 07-04-2020, 05:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

how are you starting it? Do you have various instances of it running? 'pidof gnome-keyring-daemon' should tell you.

It appears to be only one, with the same number (2466) present in the log.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

are you using some unusual software like tiger vnc or just ssh? Anything that might require "permissions" really.

I don't know how unusual it is, it costed me a lot to set it up, although I've been running it for months now (while the log is filling up much faster).
I have an ssh tunnel to enter the firewall of the remote PC. Then the connection is through vnc4server remotely and Remmina locally.

Stefano

burkina76 · 07-08-2020, 04:19 AM

Hi all,

I solved the issue, at least for the moment, since I haven't understood the real origin.
In any case, I stopped the vnc and killed gnome-keyring-daemon.
Then I restarted the vnc and connected with Remmina: at this point gnome-keyring asked me for my password (so indeed it is linked to the vnc connection).
Now everything works as usual, and the log is not filled by that error message.

Stefano