Tomcat init script - Tested on SuSE

tomcat-init.sh

#!/bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          tomcat
# Required-Start:    $network $time $syslog
# Should-Start:      $time
# Default-Start:     3 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 2 6
# Short-Description: Tomcat Daemon under /opt/tomcat
# Description:       Starts Tomcat under /opt
### END INIT INFO

# cp tomcat-init.sh /etc/init.d/tomcat && chmod 755 /etc/init.d/tomcat && chkconfig tomcat on

# Shell functions sourced from /etc/rc.status:
#      rc_check         check and set local and overall rc status
#      rc_status        check and set local and overall rc status
#      rc_status -v     ditto but be verbose in local rc status
#      rc_status -v -r  ditto and clear the local rc status
#      rc_failed        set local and overall rc status to failed
#      rc_failed <num>  set local and overall rc status to <num><num>
#      rc_reset         clear local rc status (overall remains)
#      rc_exit          exit appropriate to overall rc status
. /etc/rc.status

# First reset status of this service
rc_reset

# Return values acc. to LSB for all commands but status:
# 0 - success
# 1 - generic or unspecified error
# 2 - invalid or excess argument(s)
# 3 - unimplemented feature (e.g. "reload")
# 4 - insufficient privilege
# 5 - program is not installed
# 6 - program is not configured
# 7 - program is not running

# Tomcat Init-Script
case $1 in
        start)
                su tomcat -s /bin/bash -c "/opt/tomcat/bin/startup.sh"
                rc_status -v
                ;;
        stop)
                su tomcat -s /bin/bash -c "/opt/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh"
                rc_status -v
                ;;
        restart)
                $0 stop
                sleep 3
                $0 start
                rc_status -v
                ;;
        *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
        exit 3
        ;;
esac
exit 0