> Bad cgi scripts or perl/php ?. You can stop the machine getting into a > horrible state by using rlimit and/or setting no overcommit in /proc/sys. Hmm.. [root@linux10 vm]# cat overcommit_memory 0 [root@linux10 vm]# cat overcommit_ratio 50 Does this not mean that it is already off? Another thing I notice is that while memory does get full, it will not swap.. Even with 2.5GB free swap. -HK