The swap file is always mounted as root -- no one else has had a chance to login when the swapfile is created. I'm not sure why your priveleges were messed up -- I can't imagine it had anything to do with the swapfile because priveleges for the swapfile shouldn't have changed. The method worked great for me.

> The method worked great for me.

Do you have anything else on the swap volume?

Do I have anything else on the swap volume? No way dude, I played with fire once -- I'm giving X as much swap space as it wants.

That might be why you didn't notice privilege problems.
Or it could just be my bad karma.
If I had a spare partition I'd devote it to swap, too.

What is the ideal size for a seperate swap file partition, of if there is no ideal size for all situations, what are the rules/guidelines for working out the best size?