[CentOS] Xorg fills up /var/log/Xorg.0.log with AUDIT messages (up to system crash) [solved]

g geleem at bellsouth.net
Fri Oct 4 19:29:54 UTC 2013


hi frank,

On 10/04/2013 12:12 PM, Frank Cox wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:48:01 +0200
> Frank Thommen wrote:
>
>> Problem solved: A user had configured his "preferred browser" to be
>> Thunderbird(!).  As soon as he clicked on a link in an email, he ended
>> in an endless loop with TB trying to open the link with the "preferred
>> browser" (aka itself) again and again. This resulted in 40 MB audit
>> loglines/hour in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.
>
> That sounds like something that should be reported to the Thunderbird people.
> It probably wouldn't be too difficult for them to make Thunderbird an invalid
> selection under that setting.

maybe not.

thunderbird has add-ons 'thunderbrowse' and 'thunder!box'.

they are supposed to make thunderbird work like


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