LinuxQuestions.org - /etc/security/limits.conf --> chkconfig startup script

Hi,

I have a server setup to host a web application using apache tomcat, with high throughput. Due to the high load I have increased the Maximum file descriptor limits, in /etc/security/limits.conf

Code:

*              soft    nofile          3072

*              hard    nofile          3072

I have a startup script in /etc/init.d/tomcat1, which starts the tomcat server, but fails to include the changes made to the limits.conf file. (Checked via jConsole - Still at default of 1024)

Code:

#! /bin/bash

#

# tomcat          Start/Stop the Tomcat Http/Servlet server.

#

# chkconfig: 23456 99 65

# description: Tomcat is a java based HTTP/Servlet server

# processname: tomcat

# pidfile: /var/run/tomcat.pid



# Source function library.

. /etc/init.d/functions

. /etc/profile



RETVAL=0

TOMCAT_HOME=/usr/local/apache-tomcat/

# See how we were called.



start() {

        echo -n $"Starting Tomcat "

        $TOMCAT_HOME/bin/startup.sh

        RETVAL=$?

        echo

        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch  /var/lock/subsys/tomcat

        return $RETVAL

}



stop() {

        echo -n $"Stopping Tomcat "

        $TOMCAT_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh

        RETVAL=$?

        echo

        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/tomcat

        return $RETVAL

}



restart() {

        stop

        start

}





case "$1" in

  start)

        start

        ;;

  stop)

        stop

        ;;

  restart)

        restart

        ;;

  status)

        ps ax | grep $TOMCAT_HOME

        ;;

  *)

        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart}"

        exit 1

esac



exit $?

If I execute this script to start tomcat manually the limits are loaded, so why doesn't it use/load with the limits from boot?

Is there any way I can get the limits.conf to load prior to this startup script.

any information on how and when these limits are loaded would be a great help.

thanks,
Mitchell