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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Swap which option is better Post 302551251 by jmesker on Monday 29th of August 2011 10:33:37 PM
Old 08-29-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by kopper
got it

right now swap is in /dev/sda1
and / is /dev/sda2 same LUN from Storage.

so creating a file under / like /SwapFile is the same thing and safer as you say

thanks a lot

---------- Post updated at 09:25 PM ---------- Previous update was at 07:12 PM ----------

last question since this file will be under /

I know I can used chmod 600 to secure the file

can chattr be used as well?
chattr +i swapfile
chattr +i would mark the file immutable meaning even root can't write to it. That would not work for a swapfile which needs to be written to.
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lsattr

LSATTR(1)						      General Commands Manual							 LSATTR(1)

NAME

       lsattr - list file attributes on a Linux second extended file system

SYNOPSIS

       lsattr [ -RVadlpv ] [ files...  ]

DESCRIPTION

       lsattr lists the file attributes on a second extended file system.  See chattr(1) for a description of the attributes and what they mean.

OPTIONS

       -R     Recursively list attributes of directories and their contents.

       -V     Display the program version.

       -a     List all files in directories, including files that start with `.'.

       -d     List directories like other files, rather than listing their contents.

       -l     Print the options using long names instead of single character abbreviations.

       -p     List the file's project number.

       -v     List the file's version/generation number.

AUTHOR

       lsattr was written by Remy Card <Remy.Card@linux.org>.  It is currently being maintained by Theodore Ts'o <tytso@alum.mit.edu>.

BUGS

       There are none :-).

AVAILABILITY

       lsattr is part of the e2fsprogs package and is available from http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net.

SEE ALSO

       chattr(1)

E2fsprogs version 1.44.1					    March 2018								 LSATTR(1)
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