(patch was provided by Allan Saddi ) --- ./src/util/file_limit.c.orig Tue Aug 22 14:44:44 2000 +++ ./src/util/file_limit.c Mon Apr 8 12:43:55 2002 @@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ #else struct rlimit rlim; + limit = RLIM_INFINITY; rlim.rlim_cur = rlim.rlim_max = limit; if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_FSIZE, &rlim) < 0) msg_fatal("setrlimit: %m");