ho risolto per modo di dire...lancio lo script e mi dice questo
Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/local/apache-tomcat-4.1.36
Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/local/apache-tomcat-4.1.36
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/local/apache-tomcat-4.1.36/temp
Using CATALINA_OUT: /usr/local/apache-tomcat-4.1.36/logs/catalina.out
Using JAVA_HOME: /usr
Catalina.stop: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:430)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:516)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:466)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:366)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:179)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.stop(Catalina.java:52

at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:34

at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:130)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:151)