I haven't gone and made a patch but openssh 2.9 uses setrlimit(). It doesn't seem to be in the porting FAQ but it would be a nice place to have information of getting around setrlimit(). ===== James Morrison University of Waterloo Computer Science - Digital Hardware 1B __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/