Removing _xcsbuildd user account

I have the same problem. I have not un-installed OSX server because I use functionalities of Sever. But my console is completely inundated with error messages related to this account. Mainly when watching the system.log it is listing numerous files that it cannot access since they do not exist. One in particular that was bad was when I dug deeper was 'keychain_verify_create_path could not create path: /var/_xcsbuildd/Library/Keychains/C7CB88D2-DB66-5CB0-AE05-A41265168135 (Not a directory)' I went at looked at that keychain directory as ROOT and the Keychains folder was actually a file and not a directory so of course it couldnt write to the directory within. I see this with many other directory as well, namely its a file and not a directory. No idea how the account was so malformed but I havent done anything that should have caused this.

an ls -al of /var/_xcsbuildd/Library/ showed this:

drwxrwx---@ 47 _xcsbuildd wheel 1598 Sep 30 09:57 .

drwxr-xr-x+ 13 _xcsbuildd wheel 442 Sep 30 13:31 ..

-rw-r--r-- 1 _xcsbuildd wheel 0 Sep 23 15:35 .localized

drwx------ 5 _xcsbuildd wheel 170 Sep 23 15:36 Accounts

drwx------+ 12 _xcsbuildd wheel 408 Sep 23 15:36 Application Support

drwx------+ 2 _xcsbuildd wheel 68 Sep 23 15:35 Assistants

drwx------+ 5 _xcsbuildd wheel 170 Sep 23 15:35 Audio

drwx------+ 13 _xcsbuildd wheel 442 Sep 30 13:31 Caches

-rw-r--r-- 1 _xcsbuildd wheel 0 Sep 23 15:35 Calendars

drwx------+ 2 _xcsbuildd wheel 68 Sep 23 15:35 ColorPickers

-rw-r--r-- 1 _xcsbuildd wheel 0 Sep 23 15:35 ColorSync

drwx------+ 2 _xcsbuildd wheel 68 Sep 23 15:35 Colors

-rw-r--r-- 1 _xcsbuildd wheel 0 Sep 23 15:35 Components

drwx------+ 3 _xcsbuildd wheel 102 Sep 23 15:35 Compositions

drwx------ 9 _xcsbuildd wheel 306 Sep 23 19:34 Containers

drwxr-xr-x 4 _xcsbuildd wheel 136 Sep 30 13:38 Cookies

drwxr-xr-x 3 _xcsbuildd wheel 102 Sep 23 15:36 Developer

-rw-r--r-- 1 _xcsbuildd wheel 0 Sep 23 15:35 Dictionaries

drwx------+ 3 _xcsbuildd wheel 102 Sep 23 15:35 Favorites

drwx------+ 8 _xcsbuildd wheel 272 Sep 23 15:35 FontCollections

drwx------+ 2 _xcsbuildd wheel 68 Sep 23 15:35 Fonts

drwxr-xr-x 3 _xcsbuildd wheel 102 Sep 23 15:36 Google

drwx------ 3 _xcsbuildd wheel 102 Sep 23 15:36 Group Containers

drwx------ 5 _xcsbuildd _xcs 170 Sep 23 15:39 IdentityServices

drwx------+ 3 _xcsbuildd wheel 102 Sep 23 15:35 Input Methods

drwx------+ 2 _xcsbuildd wheel 68 Sep 23 15:35 Internet Plug-Ins

-rw-r--r-- 1 _xcsbuildd wheel 0 Sep 23 15:35 KeyBindings

drwx------+ 2 _xcsbuildd wheel 68 Sep 23 15:35 Keyboard Layouts

-rw-r--r-- 1 _xcsbuildd wheel 0 Sep 23 15:35 Keychains

drwx------ 4 _xcsbuildd wheel 136 Sep 23 15:35 LaunchAgents

drwx------+ 8 _xcsbuildd wheel 272 Sep 25 11:07 Logs

-rw-r--r-- 1 _xcsbuildd wheel 0 Sep 23 15:35 Mail

drwx------ 5 _xcsbuildd _xcs 170 Sep 23 15:36 Messages

drwx------+ 2 _xcsbuildd wheel 68 Sep 23 15:35 PreferencePanes

drwx------+ 66 _xcsbuildd wheel 2244 Sep 30 13:31 Preferences

drwx------+ 2 _xcsbuildd wheel 68 Sep 23 15:35 Printers

drwxr-xr-x 5 _xcsbuildd wheel 170 Sep 25 11:46 PubSub

-rw-r--r-- 1 _xcsbuildd wheel 0 Sep 23 15:35 QuickLook

drwxr-xr-x 3 _xcsbuildd wheel 102 Sep 24 14:36 Safari

drwx------ 3 _xcsbuildd wheel 102 Sep 23 15:36 Saved Application State

drwx------+ 2 _xcsbuildd wheel 68 Sep 23 15:35 Screen Savers

drwx------+ 2 _xcsbuildd wheel 68 Sep 23 15:35 Services

drwx------+ 2 _xcsbuildd wheel 68 Sep 23 15:35 Sounds

drwx------+ 2 _xcsbuildd wheel 68 Sep 23 15:35 Spelling

drwxr-xr-x 4 _xcsbuildd wheel 136 Sep 30 13:31 SyncedPreferences

drwx------+ 2 _xcsbuildd wheel 68 Sep 23 15:35 Voices

drwx------+ 4 _xcsbuildd wheel 136 Sep 23 15:35 iMovie

But I just want to be able to restart my machine without having to revert to blunt force methods via terminal.

It makes sense that it cant complete its tasks since it doesnt have access to directories it needs but come on. Do I really need to delete those files so that they get recreated correctly?

I have this same problem with the same config (MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)).

An additional problem that started occurring alongside this is that my computer falls asleep a few seconds after logging in. This only happens after waking from sleep, so a restart fixes the problem (as long as I don't put the laptop back to sleep, since the problem will start up again on waking), but I can only restart with sudo reboot.

Since uninstalling OS X Server, won't fix this problem, I'll wait for an alternative solution.

AndreasTextunes, is there an Uninstaller application you used to remove the server? I see the following folder in the Application, but I don't know what those programs do:

/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/System/Library/ServerSetup/Uninstal lExtras

Same problem. I once thought found a solution through Xcode configuration, but it re-appeared after a while!

Hello,

I had the same problem and I think I have found a solution :

• in the OS X Server control panel, disable Xcode service if it is enabled (I assume you are not using the group development feature of Xcode)
• go to /System/Library/LaunchDaemons and execute "sudo rm com.apple.xcs*"
• not mandatory, but for a "clean work" : open System Preferences, Users and Groups, suppress all "spurious" Admin accounts.
• reboot

It seems to be OK for me even after a couple of reboot.

Hope this helps.

see here for solution https://devforums.apple.com/message/1053273#1053273