Lim Berger escribió: > Thanks. I did "su postgres" and ran the ulimit command again. All > values are the same, except for "open files" which is double in the > case of this user (instead of 4096, it is 8192). Not sure what I can > gather from that? Try "su - postgres" instead (which will run the user start scripts and may modify the ulimits for that user), but note that the ulimit can also be changed in the script that starts the Postgres process on system boot. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq