I have some sensitive data in RAM that I prefer not to be on disk. How do I disable swap?
I have more than enough RAM. If RAM consumption gets too high I have no problems with processes being terminated. How do I disable swap?
Note: I do not have a swap partition and this is running in a VM (VMware)
Best Answer
Using
is the usual way to turn off swap, with the
swapon -a
command used to turn it back on. Seeman swapoff
for more information about turning off swap for explicit devices.