There are basically 2 ways to install Tomcat on a RedHat-style OS. One is to use the actual files from tomcat.apache.org and the other is to use RPMs. Since you're referencing the "service startup" command, I'll hazard a guess that you're using the RPMs. I don't use them, BTW, even though I do almost everything else via RPM, including webapp installs. I'm afraid that the web of vendor-supplied RPMs required for
Java is a little too complicated to make me happy, considering some old experiences.
The RPM-installed version of Tomcat relocates the installed Tomcat components from their usual centralized locations to the locations recommended by the LSB. Extending that, RedHat-style systems usually parameterize their service scripts with files locate under the /etc/sysconfig directory tree, so that user modification of the init scripts themselves is avoided.
You can search the RPM database to see the names of the packages of interest (assuming you don't already know) using command like this:
You can also get the manifest of files installed:
Assuming that the package is name "tomcat6".
As I said, I don't usually RPM-install Tomcat. Tomcat is almost 100% self-contained, so I just unzip a stock copy. In the cases where I need to customize Tomcat, I just copy the appropriate libraries into the Tomcat lib directory. The only real advantage to the RPM version is that it comes with its own init-script, but I have one I like anyway.
Some people, when well-known sources tell them that fire will burn them, don't put their hands in the fire.
Some people, being skeptical, will put their hands in the fire, get burned, and learn not to put their hands in the fire.
And some people, believing that they know better than well-known sources, will claim it's a lie, put their hands in the fire, and continue to scream it's a lie even as their hands burn down to charred stumps.
