Thanks a lot for all the replys. Its sounds like we don't need to be restarting afs every week since we are using a modern (1.4.11) release of afs. Cheers, Gary Gatling | ITECS Systems ITECS, BOX 7901 | Operations and Systems Analyst NCSU, Raleigh, NC | Email: gsgatlin@eos.ncsu.edu 27695-7901 | Phone: (919) 513-4572 (5C Page Hall)