Hello all, I was upgrade our Linux Samba server (Fedora Core 4, kernel 2.6.17, samba 3.0.23d) to Fedora 7, kernel 2.6.22.2-57.fc7, samba 3.0.25bb-2.fc7 (SELinux in permissive mode), i386 Pentium D 3GHz CPU, 2GB RAM, LAN with approx. <10 users. But now users smb daemon sporadically (but frequently, 1-5 times/hour) crashes. Machine log (Level 2) contain records like this: [2007/08/21 08:53:18, 0] lib/util_sec.c:set_effective_uid(205) setresuid failed with EAGAIN. uid(502) might be over its NPROC limit [2007/08/21 08:53:18, 0] lib/util_sec.c:assert_uid(101) Failed to set uid privileges to (-1,502) now set to (0,0) [2007/08/21 08:53:18, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(1654) PANIC (pid 13035): failed to set uid [2007/08/21 08:53:18, 0] lib/util.c:log_stack_trace(1758) BACKTRACE: 22 stack frames: #0 smbd(log_stack_trace+0x2d) [0x802439fd] #1 smbd(smb_panic+0x5d) [0x80243b2d] #2 smbd [0x80249f4e] #3 smbd [0x800b595c] #4 smbd(pop_sec_ctx+0xa2) [0x800b5af2] #5 smbd(unbecome_root+0x17) [0x800a9267] #6 smbd(uid_to_sid+0x15c) [0x801fbc4c] #7 smbd [0x800bc51d] #8 smbd(get_nt_acl+0x4ac) [0x800c268c] #9 smbd [0x800d887b] #10 smbd(is_visible_file+0x2a0) [0x80060ee0] #11 smbd [0x8006160d] #12 smbd(dptr_ReadDirName+0x51) [0x80061671] #13 smbd [0x8009a521] #14 smbd [0x8009e935] #15 smbd(handle_trans2+0x237) [0x800a2737] #16 smbd(reply_trans2+0x6bb) [0x800a8eeb] #17 smbd [0x800c54d0] #18 smbd(smbd_process+0x836) [0x800c6566] #19 smbd(main+0xbdd) [0x8032079d] #20 /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe0) [0x37ff70] #21 smbd [0x8004a181] [2007/08/21 08:53:18, 0] lib/fault.c:dump_core(181) dumping core in /var/log/samba/cores/smbd Share definition in smb.conf: [eko_rw] path = /home/DATA/eko_rw read list = @eko_ro write list = @eko force group = eko default case = lower short preserve case = no create mask = 0660 force create mode = 0660 directory mask = 0770 force directory mode = 0770 hide unreadable = Yes valid users = @eko, @eko_ro "ulimit -u" say "max user processes" = 32752, this look (to me) be enough. I have no idea about solving this error, and all my documentation and internet searches were unsuccessful. Thanks for your replies and any help in solving this issue, Yours Franta Hanzlik