[SunHELP] why cant I add extra swap file ?

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On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 04:50:48PM +0530, TAG DBA wrote:
> Note that I am doing this as a user (not as root)

That's the problem. You can only add swap as root.

> $ pwd
> /home1
> $ mkfile 1024m /home1/tempfile
> $ chmod o+t /home1/tempfile
> $ swap -a /home1/tempfile
> "/home1/tempfile" is not valid for swapping.
> It must be a block device or a regular file with the
> "save user text on execution" bit set.

*shakes head*. Stupid error to give. 

Brian.
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