[cod] Semi off topic: COD rentals

[Jay Vasallo]

I have swap turned off my systems...

Is this bad? I have a buddie who wrote the AAO Web amdin for HomeLan and he 
basically taught me everything I know in game servers. The first thing he 
told me is to keep swap off. Is this true?




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dali -[OBI]-" <dali at axelero.hu>
To: <cod at icculus.org>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: [cod] Semi off topic: COD rentals


>I read it in chmod manual:
>
> "STICKY FILES
>       On  older  Unix  systems,  the sticky bit caused executable files to 
> be
>       hoarded in swap space.  This feature is not useful on  modern  VM 
> sys-
>       tems, and the >> Linux kernel ignores the sticky bit on files. << 
> Other ker-
>       nels may use the sticky bit on files for system-defined  purposes. 
> On
>       some systems, only the superuser can set the sticky bit on files."
>
> What is the truth then?
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Mark J. DeFilippis
> To: cod at icculus.org
> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 2:41 AM
> Subject: RE: [cod] Semi off topic: COD rentals
>
>
>
> If you are executing the same executable and can use parameters on the 
> command line that is
> fine.  It is the same inode.  The question I was answering was for a 
> person who appeared to
> not understand why, if Linux is in fact a multiuser/multi-tasking OS, what 
> difference does
> it make if I load from one file or many copies of the file.
>
> In the scenario you present... if you are executing the same file, it is 
> the same
> inode.  Make it sticky... and you have the same as the symlink scenario.
>
> For those admins that wish to have a separate executable in the user
> space (on perhaps a server where the admin choose to have the executable
> in the users space with his other files and configs)  the symlink method 
> works
> very well.
>
> If your servers are being spawned by calling the same executable, you in 
> fact
> are correct, you get the same benefits. For added savings on load, make 
> the executable
> sticky, and your golden.
>
> Dr. D
>