CentOS - Apr 2010 - ulimit

I need to to change the ulimit to 16384(ulimit -n 16384) on boot on
Centos 5.4 64 bit.  How do I do that?  Been searching and have yet to
find a good answer.  Tried to do it in rc.local but it appears to
happen to late there.

Matt

> I need to to change the ulimit to 16384(ulimit -n 16384) on boot on
> Centos 5.4 64 bit.  How do I do that?  Been searching and have yet to
> find a good answer.  Tried to do it in rc.local but it appears to
> happen to late there
In order to make the change permanent, add the following line to 
"/etc/security/limits.conf":

* - nofile 16384

 From "limits.conf"'s header:

?Quote:

- the wildcard *, for default entry
- nofile - max number of open files

> I need to to change the ulimit to 16384(ulimit -n 16384) on boot on
> Centos 5.4 64 bit.  How do I do that?
After replying to you, I tested the "solution" I gave you and it
didn't
work.

I found a working solution. I added the following line to /etc/profile:

ulimit -n 16384

This works as the general default setting. If you want to apply the 
setting to a particular user, you should add it to the .bash_profile 
file in the user's home directory.

I know it works because I just tested it and it survived the server's 
reboot. I ran "ulimit -a" and the new value was there.

Please excuse me for the involuntary mislead. I was pretty sure that it 
did work "once upon a time"...