From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jun 6 16:06:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA17761 for current-outgoing; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 16:06:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.HeadCandy.com (root@[199.238.225.168]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA17746 for ; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 16:06:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.HeadCandy.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id QAA06882; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 16:06:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199606062306.QAA06882@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.HeadCandy.com: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "John S. Dyson" cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: More on VM, swap leaks In-reply-to: Your message of Thu, 06 Jun 96 17:40:19 -0500. <199606062240.RAA03526@dyson.iquest.net> Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 16:06:24 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> It does install with the sticky bit set, but I thought that modern >> Unices ignored it as they try to keep everything in swap for as long >> as possible. >The VM system totally ignores the sticky bit for executables. I had always suspected as much. Thanks for confirming this. (Is this in 4.4BSD in general, or in FreeBSD, specifically?) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... Roll your own Internet access -- Seattle People's Internet cooperative. If you're in the Seattle area, ask me how. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------