How can I stop UXC session manager getting huge

A bug in Centos 6.2 can result in the UNIXConnect UXC session manager getting larger incrementally, particularly on heartbeat systems.

An issue with PAM security on Linux or CentOS can cause the UNIXConnect UXC session manager to incrementally grow its memory footprint and eventually fall over with differing symptoms, often involving process hangs.

This problem has been reported to CentOS as issue ID 0006333 and a fix is expected in due course.

In the interim, it will be necessary to issue the following command as root:

# authconfig –disablefingerprint –update

This will disable finger print authentication, which is the feature that causes the issue, note that the switch options must be preceded by two hyphens. Finger print authentication will not be re-enabled by:

# authconfig –updateall

Nor will it be re-enabled on system re-boot.
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