> You can use the apachectl script which internally does the same or > issue the following command from the command prompt ulimit -S -n `ulimit -H > -n` and then start the Apache, hopefully it will resolve the issue :) Thank you very much for you answer. I inserted this line on my "/etc/rc.d/rc.local" -------- ulimit -n 16384 -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx