Cannot configure a service to start at boot via chkconfig, why ?

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Issue

  • Cannot configure a service to start at a particular runlevel using chkconfig, why is it so ?

  • Ran the following commands, but the '--list' command showed up the service/daemon was off.

    #sudo chkconfig --add <service/daemon>
    
    #sudo chkconfig --list <service/daemon>
    

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5.3

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