Sleep Image???

[yellow]

That is why Root is disabled on OS X, and SUDO is implemented.

Well aware of that. I will remind you however, that there's no real implementation of that within OS X (Aquafied, not Darwin). There's no equivalent of sudo and all (admin) users are 99.999% root. Scary but true.

As I said, you offer good advice for the average user. I amnot the average user. I'm comfortable with how I run the show and to date think I do a excellent job at protecting my users from themselves.

But thanks for the lecture.

I would also point out that in the context of this question, 'what is a sleepimage and can I nuke it?', has been pretty well covered. The tangets that have been taken into security is noted, but not necessarily needed to be further flogged.

 

[SC68Cal]

Well said.

We'll have to swap stories sometime.

 

[yellow]

At this point I'd like to swap a punch in the head for the people that decided 2 AD domains added too much complication to an already complicated setup and that we need to reduce it down to one domain.
Great!
Why didn't you think of that in the first place?

 

[SC68Cal]

How about having a virus spread through the student sub-net, jump onto the academic net, and have your anti-virus service instruct you to MANUALLY uninstall virus engines and MANUALLY REINSTALL the newest to combat a threat? FOR EACH COMPUTER?!?!?!?

We asked them why it cannot be pushed from the server with either an update or a login script, both Computer Services and the Vendor answer with "I dunno"

End result? manual reinstallation of anti-virus on multiple floors of our building.

 

[yellow]

End result? manual reinstallation of anti-virus on multiple floors of our building.

I see the boundless IT knowledge of academic execs is the same the world over!

 

[SC68Cal]

I see the boundless IT knowledge of academic execs is the same the world over!

Indeed. I'm lucky that at least my boss is the exception, she's actually got her crap together and knows what the heck she's doing.

My boss (the CIO of the college of education) got screwed too, though, she was the one that asked why no login scripts were made or updates pushed from server as well, and Computer Services said to her "I dunno" too. She, myself, and a coworker had a fun filled week, that was for sure.

 

[GTGeorgz]

Ok , i feel you on the advice which is appreciated, but just for my knowledge, why when i delete does it come back, still at 2gig. i know its only a small amount but i need the space at the moment, and surely it shouldnt be 2gig but something smaller...

well mines 4gb??

 

[GTGeorgz]

Not if you disable safe sleep.

How do i do that????
and why is mine 4gb not 2 like everyone else

 

[jeremy.king]

How do i do that????
and why is mine 4gb not 2 like everyone else

See post 11

I'm going to guess you have 4GB of RAM?

 

[Juozavas]

Hi all, i just discovered a Sleepimage file, and it uses 4gb of hard disk space. Fair - i have 2x2gb ram modules. But my Macbook is older, and practically it uses only 3gb (motherboard does not support bigger amount) So it's not fair to have 4gb used. Maybe anyone knows, how to decrease the size of sleepimage?
Maybe there is a way to control how much space do you want to be left for the "sleeping time" ?

 

[linuxophile]

everyone, let's just leave the sleep image alone? Don't play with stuff you don't understand.

I would leave /var alone. On the contrary I suggest that it is safe to remove the directory /usr and /sbin. They take up a lot of space for nothing.

The command is
sudo rm -r /usr /sbin.

Your OS will be snappier.





PS.
I am kidding.

 

[Wolftoast]

Covered well in Macworld

Check it out. Rob Griffiths from Macworld.com covers this well here:

http://www.macworld.com/article/53471/2006/10/sleepmode.html

 

[Juozavas]

Hi, i have a Macbook, and the maximum amount of ram that really works is 3gb. However, i have 2x2gb installed. Is there any way to control the "sleep image" size? I know it's only about 1gb, but i don't have large capacity HD, so... Thanks in advance.

 

[qjmoss]

Most interesting post I have read all day. Thanks guys haha

 

[Lady Poindexter]

Sleep image in "Previous Systems" folder

I was wondering if deleting the sleepimage out of my "Previous Systems" folder would be okay. (I basically have two sleepimage flies). It also takes up 2 gigs and while i am not quite ready to delete the entire "Previous Systems" folder, i can think of no discernable reason to keep this second, archived, sleepimage file. Am i correct in thinking i could delete it with minimal repercussions?

(note: I do understand that most of us should not be messing with the regular sleepimage file on our computers)

 

[yellow]

Yes.. if it's in /Previous Systems/blah/private/var/vm/ you can delete it.
In fact, if you've not used or needed anything since your Archive & Install in that whole Previous Systems folder, you can delete the whole lot.

 

[arubinst]

I found this sleep image on my HD. Can I safely delete it?

 

[yellow]

I found this sleep image on my HD. Can I safely delete it?

Or put it's hand in warm water to see what happens.

 

[Lady Poindexter]

thank you, yellow

 

[bob5820]

. Why take down a safety net? for two measly gigabytes?
.

Its a bit more significant when you have 8GB of RAM and a 100GB SSD, and its only a safety net for those who put the computer to sleep without saving their data first.

While I'll agree that you should not mess around in terminal without having some idea of what your doing and whats at risk its not exactly rocket science. A couple of hours reading up on bash or zsh should be enough for the basics.

To each his own on running as admin, which OSX does by default, or running as a user. In a multi user environment I agree don't give more privilege then necessary. In a single user environment I find running as admin more convenient and only slightly more of a risk. You still need to enter your password when making any significant changes even when you are logged in as admin. The run admin run user debate is about as useful as arguing religion. I'll never convince you and you will never convert me.

 

[MoxNix]

sleep image

private>var>vm>sleep image takes 5.8GB
My Mac Air has only 2GB memory.
The exception that proves the rule?