Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: policykit-1
Ubuntu 10.10
Expected behaviour: Repeated scp queries over time should not lead to
huge memory usage by polkitd process.
Actual behaviour: A badly written shell script called every minute on a
remote was using scp with ssh-keyflle authentication to copy a non-
existant file to a fresh install of Ubuntu 10.10. This lead to huge
memory usage by the polkitd process over a few days (600 MB). Issue was
repeatable on reboot, but fixing the shell script drastically reduced
the amount of times scp was called, and prevented - or at least greatly
slowed - the out of control memory usage.
** Affects: policykit-1 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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frequent scp queries lead to huge memory usage
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/670236
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