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"...