Script in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ works when run after boot, but fails during boot on RHEL

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

We have a startup script in /etc/rc.d/init.d/, which works when we start it after the system boots. If fails to start if we add it to /etc/rc.local or /etc/rc.d/

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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