> Aha! > > [root at fileserver ~]# ulimit -n > 1024 So there is still no real description on why this matters. It is just mentioned in passing here : http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/8.1/install/Installation_Guide-RHEL-Requirements.html#Installation_Guide-Platform_Support-File_Tuning with no detail. An no mention of ulimit. Ulimit is for the shell so I'm not sure why that matters for Centos-DS And with 20 some users, will this really matter to me? -- ?Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV? - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food"