gconfd-2 processes are being abandoned and causing servers to have high CPU and memory utilization

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Issue

  • Under normal use, users logging out are not having gconfd-2 processes not being properly terminated by gnome-session.
    • These processes eventually use increased amounts of system resources.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8

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