https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Unable-to-fork-SPDSBASE-process/m-p/42708#M11108 No, there are usually no limit to the number of processes, unless your UNIX admin did something explicitly. <BR /> There are usually a limit to how many files that can be open at one time, but as I recall it this is not the kind of error message generated by that limitation.<BR /> I suggest that you open a track to SAS support.<BR /> /Linus Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:42:27 GMT LinusH 2009-06-10T16:42:27Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Unable-to-fork-SPDSBASE-process/m-p/42707#M11107 I'm getting this error "Unable to fork SPDSBASE process" when trying to connect to SPDS LIB (on Unix) from desktop EG.<BR /> <BR /> Found the actual error in spdsserv***.log<BR /> <BR /> Is there any limit on the max number of SAS processes? Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:21:03 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Unable-to-fork-SPDSBASE-process/m-p/42707#M11107 deleted_user 2009-06-09T19:21:03Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Unable-to-fork-SPDSBASE-process/m-p/42708#M11108 No, there are usually no limit to the number of processes, unless your UNIX admin did something explicitly. <BR /> There are usually a limit to how many files that can be open at one time, but as I recall it this is not the kind of error message generated by that limitation.<BR /> I suggest that you open a track to SAS support.<BR /> /Linus Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:42:27 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Unable-to-fork-SPDSBASE-process/m-p/42708#M11108 LinusH 2009-06-10T16:42:27Z