I have observed that when an NT client finds a samba connection unresponsive (e.g. it is on an HSM filesystem and files are having to be fetched back from MO disk) it will leave that connection open a second connection to the same service, and retry the request on the new connection. Without a "max connections" limit in place this can cause the samba service to overflow kernel tables (e.g. file table) and cause the whole machine to be quite unusable. I have put in a "max connections" (per service) limit to try to avoid this but would be interested to hear how difficult people think it would be to be implement other types of connection limit: 1. maximum total connections overall? 2. maximum connections from any one client? As in my last request, if this is simple enough I may be able to do it. -- Steve Fosdick Internet: fosdicsj@aom.bt.co.uk Voice: +44 1473 642987 MSMAIL: BTEA/BTLIP23/FOSDICSJ Fax: +44 1473 646656 BOAT: FOSDICSJ Snail: B29/G34, BT Labs, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, IP5 7RE, England.