Commit 4c76a506 authored by Ben Bodenmiller's avatar Ben Bodenmiller

Add another btmp issue workaround

parent d8cf0bc8
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## Troubleshooting
If your SSH traffic is [slow](https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/issues/270)
or causing high CPU load, be sure to check the size of `/var/log/btmp`, and ensure it is rotated on a regular basis.
or causing high CPU load, be sure to check the size of `/var/log/btmp`, and ensure it is rotated on a regular basis or after reaching a certain size.
If this file is very large, GitLab SSH fast lookup can cause the bottleneck to be hit more frequently, thus decreasing performance even further.
If you are able to, you may consider disabling [`UsePAM` in your `sshd_config`](https://linux.die.net/man/5/sshd_config) to avoid reading `/var/log/btmp` altogether.
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