>I'm thinking that 255 dynamically managed connections will not impose a >limit of 255 simultaneous users ... Correct. There is not limit of 255 users, you can have more. AFS user ids are basically mappable to Unix ids. AFS user id is stored as 32-bit. -Mike -- Regards, Michael Martinez MWM Consultants http://www.mwmconsultants.com (703) 216-6272 --