Alan McKay wrote: >> 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 > See http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Performance_Tuning#Linux > And with 20 some users, will this really matter to me? > No.