Ok Rejaine. Remember to use squidclient to see the amount of real-time used file descriptors: # squidclient -h localhost -p 8080 mgr:info | grep "file descriptors" So you increment as needed Eduardo Carneiro -- Sent from: http://squid-web-proxy-cache.1019090.n4.nabble.com/Squid-Users-f1019091.html