The proc man page says that file-nr indicates the number of files that are open. But, the file has three numbers. The first was 2957, but has since gone to 4263. What does the first number indicate? The second does appear to be the number of files open, but it has grown extremely large for no known reason. I have a lot of people doing ftps, but when I shut down the service, and the number of ftps drops, the number of open files does not. The last number is the value I assigned to file-max. Thanks for any pointers. MB -- e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bart: Hey, why is it destroying other toys? Lisa: They must have programmed it to eliminate the competition. Bart: You mean like Microsoft? Lisa: Exactly. [The Simpsons - 12/18/99] Visit - URL:http://www.vidiot.com/ (Your link to Star Trek and UPN) -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.