#!/bin/sh
. /etc/init.d/someserver

start () {
    echo -n $"Starting someserver.jar: "

    java -jar /home/someserver/someserver.jar &
    echo $! > /home/someserver/someserver.pid
}

stop () {
    echo -n $"Stopping someserver.jar: "

    PID=$(/home/someserver/someserver.pid)
    kill -9 $PID
}

restart() {
    stop
    start
}

case $1 in
    start)
        start
    ;;
    stop)
        stop
    ;;
    *)

    echo $"Usage: someserver {start|stop}"
    exit 1
esac

$ sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/someserver

$ sudo update-rc.d someserver defaults

insserv: warning: script 'someserver' missing LSB tags and overrides

/etc/init.d/someserver: 6: .: 3: Too many open files