tomcat6 script does not return the right status in RHEL 6.4

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

The service starts and stops as expected, but the following status command fails with the error message lockfile exists but process is not running:

service tomcat6 status
tomcat6 lockfile exists but process is not running  [FAILED]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.4
    • Tomcat6

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