On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 07:37 +1100, Alex Samad wrote: > root: vim /etc/security/limits.conf > > user1 - nofile 8192 > > > then i try > su - user1 > ulimit -n > > > and I get 1024, I have checked my /etc/pam.d for pam_limits and it is > enabled for login/su, sshd and gdm and ... > > > so what am I doing wrong? User limits cant be higher then super user limits. Increase nofile for root first. Log off / on and your done. Regards Frank