Bennie; I have looked in all the dovumentation an knowledge bases I could fine, but nothing other than what you are doing. So; have you tried: echo 100 > /proc/cluster/config/cman/deadnode_timeout do this BEFORE you add the node to the cluster. Doug On Wednesday 26 November 2008 10:18:32 am Bennie Thomas wrote: > I am trying to add <cman deadnode_timeout="10"/> to my cluster.conf > file. to spead up the > failover time. Howerver when I add this to the cluster.conf then check > the settings with system-config-cluster > I receive errors stating Invalid attribute deadnode_timeout for element > cman. Where exactly am I suppose > to place this in the cluster.conf. -- Douglas Morris Romans 15: 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster