From the RedHat" Deploying Oracle9i Database on Red Hat Linux 3" manual perhaps these instruction need to be followed. I remember seeing something sumilar in the RedHat 2.1 manuals. As ROOT; edit the /etc/security/limits.conf file oracle soft nofile 4096 oracle hard nofile 8192 the above goes into effect the next time the oracle user logs in. >>> <Paula_Stankus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 09/22/2004 1:56:04 PM >>> Think I found a note on Metalink. =20 -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stankus, Paula G Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 1:48 PM To: mrichard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; SrinivasT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Oracle 10G RedHat Linux According to the Quick Start Guide you need to setup ulimits. However, apparently there must be somewhere were the user oracle has a certain number of processes allocated that conflict with these limits. The error when logging on as oracle is: -bash: ulimit: max user processes: cannot modify limit What would I need to modify? -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS ------------------------------------------------------ Teach CanIt if this mail (ID 10851576) is spam: Spam: https://dohsmsi01.doh.state.fl.us/canit/b.php?c=3Ds&i=3D10851576&m=3Dfaa9= 6a5f5 0b4 Not spam: https://dohsmsi01.doh.state.fl.us/canit/b.php?c=3Dn&i=3D10851576&m=3Dfaa9= 6a5f5 0b4 Forget vote: https://dohsmsi01.doh.state.fl.us/canit/b.php?c=3Df&i=3D10851576&m=3Dfaa9= 6a5f5 0b4 ------------------------------------------------------ END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l