I am using a RH 6.2 box as a time server for several Sun servers. The RH box is runnig ntp and is querying a public time server. The Sun boxes query the RH box every 30 minutes using rdate. However, the sockets seem to never time out, as I have many connections from each of the Sun servers which in turn creates too many open files and thus telnet and ftp stop respponding. (However, secure shell doesn't luckily) Any ideas? Also, just for my information, where do youchange the hard limit for file descriptors in Red Hat? Thanks, Chuck Chuck Carson Sr. Systems Engineer 858.720.5040 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <<...>> -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.