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dpk,

> I was wondering if anyone here knows of a way to force specific programs
> to stay resident (not swap)

Back when this was a good idea, setting the sticky bit would do the trick,
but reading sticky(8) and chmod(2), it appears that it's ignored on
anything except directories.

How about sshd.ko? [I've no idea if this suggestion is even sane]


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