riccge,
try this....
nano /etc/e-smith/templates/etc/php.ini/20ResourceLimits
change the 30 to 600 as suggested by the installer, also change the Memory Limit if necessary.
Then run
expand-template /etc/php.ini
Restart apache by running
/etc/init.d/httpd restart
Or do it the the recomended way.....
mkdir -p /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/php.ini
cp /etc/e-smith/templates/etc/php.ini/20ResourceLimits /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/php.ini
then follow the steps mentioned above to edit, expand the template and restart httpd.