lim->lms_s_pr = 0;
                lim->lms_s_pr_hide = 0;
                lim->lms_s_pr_total = 0;
-               return 0;
+               goto ok;
        }
        for(i = 1; i < c->argc; i++) {
                if(!strncasecmp(c->argv[i], "size", 4)) {
                        lim->lms_s_hard = 0;
                }
        }
+
+ok:
+       if ( ( c->be == frontendDB ) && ( c->ca_entry ) ) {
+               /* This is a modification to the global limits apply it to
+                * the other databases as needed */
+               AttributeDescription *ad=NULL;
+               const char *text = NULL;
+               slap_str2ad(c->argv[0], &ad, &text);
+               /* if we got here... */
+               assert( ad != NULL );
+
+               CfEntryInfo *ce = c->ca_entry->e_private;
+               for ( ce=ce->ce_sibs ;ce;ce=ce->ce_sibs) {
+                       Entry *dbe = ce->ce_entry;
+                       if (! attr_find( dbe->e_attrs, ad ) ) {
+                               ce->ce_be->be_def_limit.lms_s_soft = lim->lms_s_soft;
+                               ce->ce_be->be_def_limit.lms_s_hard = lim->lms_s_hard;
+                               ce->ce_be->be_def_limit.lms_s_unchecked =lim->lms_s_unchecked;
+                               ce->ce_be->be_def_limit.lms_s_pr =lim->lms_s_pr;
+                               ce->ce_be->be_def_limit.lms_s_pr_hide =lim->lms_s_pr_hide;
+                               ce->ce_be->be_def_limit.lms_s_pr_total =lim->lms_s_pr_total;
+                       }
+               }
+       }
        return(0);
 }