[CentOS] 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

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