systemd-logind spams in log

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echo 'if ($programname == "systemd" or $programname == "systemd-logind")'\ 
' and ($msg contains "Starting Session" or $msg contains "Started Session"'\
' or $msg contains "Created slice" or $msg contains "Starting user-"'\
' or $msg contains "New session" or $msg contains "Removed session")'\
' then stop'>/etc/rsyslog.d/ignore-systemd-session.conf

systemctl restart rsyslog

run it in the console to create a file with the settings to stop spam

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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  • user357749
    user357749 over 1 year

    In /var/log/auth.log appears too many messages Removed session

    Jun  2 17:42:39 srv-1 systemd-logind[13785]: Removed session c36006.
    Jun  2 17:42:39 srv-1 systemd-logind[13785]: Removed session c36007.
    Jun  2 17:42:40 srv-1 systemd-logind[13785]: Removed session c36008.
    Jun  2 17:42:41 srv-1 systemd-logind[13785]: Removed session c36009.
    Jun  2 17:42:41 srv-1 systemd-logind[13785]: Removed session c36010.
    Jun  2 17:42:41 srv-1 systemd-logind[13785]: Removed session c36011.
    Jun  2 17:42:42 srv-1 systemd-logind[13785]: Removed session c36012.
    Jun  2 17:42:43 srv-1 systemd-logind[13785]: Removed session c36013.
    Jun  2 17:42:43 srv-1 systemd-logind[13785]: Removed session c36014.
    Jun  2 17:42:43 srv-1 systemd-logind[13785]: Removed session c36015.
    Jun  2 17:42:44 srv-1 systemd-logind[13785]: Removed session c36016.
    Jun  2 17:42:45 srv-1 systemd-logind[13785]: Removed session c36017.
    Jun  2 17:42:45 srv-1 systemd-logind[13785]: Removed session c36018.
    Jun  2 17:42:46 srv-1 systemd-logind[13785]: Removed session c36019.
    Jun  2 17:42:47 srv-1 systemd-logind[13785]: Removed session c36020.
    Jun  2 17:42:48 srv-1 systemd-logind[13785]: Removed session c36021.
    

    and no message about New session, i can't understand what causing this problem

    uname -a
    Linux backup-01 3.13.0-32-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 15 03:51:08 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
    
    
    lsb_release -a
    No LSB modules are available.
    Distributor ID: Ubuntu
    Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS
    Release:    14.04
    Codename:   trusty