Take a look at /etc/security/limits.conf It's about the same thing, but via PAM . Although I don't think this will 'temperate' your children :) ... Better add a line in the init.d script. Ionut -- *************** * Ionut Georgescu * http://www.physik.tu-cottbus.de/~george/ * Registered Linux User #244479 * * "In Windows you can do everything Microsoft wants you to do; in Unix you * can do anything the computer is able to do."