sorry, that's what I meant to say when I put "I've already set the system wide limit".. /proc/sys/fs/file-max is 32767 I wish I knew where my problem was.. Since limits.conf is set high and /proc/sys/fs/file-max is set high I don't know where else to look.. This limit seems to only be showing up in Cron and SSH.. when I run ulimit -n from console or from "su - username" the limits seem to fit with what I put in limits.conf -Nathan On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 14:53:29 -0400 (EDT), Eric Reischer <emr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You might want to check the /proc/sys/fs/file-max value; it has bit me in > the past. When the kernel hits its file-max limit, it produces an error > message that sounds a lot like the one you mentioned. Are you sure your > problem is with PAM? > > Eric _______________________________________________ Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list