Hi I have set the below entries in /etc/security/limits.conf file on Ubuntu hardy 8.04 server @tomcat hard nofile 32000 @tomcat soft nofile 32000 tomcat hard nofile 32000 tomcat soft nofile 32000 when i login as tomcat user and run ulimit -a, it still shows open files (-n) 1024 Am i missing anything ? Thanks, Kaushal