chkconfig not starting application script on bootup

OS: Centos 5.7

My application script starts like this (/etc/init.d/myapp):

#!/bin/sh
# chkconfig 2345 85 60
# description: my application controller
# processname: myappNAME=MyApp
DIR=/opt/myapp/
RUN_AS=root### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          myapp
# Required-Start:    $all
# Required-Stop:     $all
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Description:       Starts the myapp application
### END INIT INFO

Chkconfig status

chkconfig --list | grep myappmyapp            0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off

myapp accepts start | stop | restart | force-reload and they’re all tested to work

myapp controller basically needs to start some daemon services for the application. If I run service myapp start after the system is rebooted, everything works fine. But for some reason, chkconfig is not starting it up automatically. Can anyone explain what I may be doing wrong?

UPDATE:

Thanks to cjc’s information, it appears that my application controller is loading prior to some required services such as mysql.

Here’s the result of a quick search:

find /etc -name rc* -type d | xargs ls | grep myapp
K50myapp
K50myapp
S50myapp
S50myapp
S50myapp
S50myapp
K50myapp

So why is the order set to 50 when in the script I’ve set to 85(start) 60(stop)? And how can I change this?

Solution (as pointed out by cjc in comments to his answer)

Incorrect syntax:

# chkconfig 2345 85 60

Correct to (semi-color needed after chkconfig):

# chkconfig: 2345 85 60

chkconfig essentially makes a symlink from, say, /etc/rc3.d/S85myapp to /etc/init.d/myapp. Verify that those links exist. I assume they do, since the “chkconfig –list” is showing that they’re “on”.

Since you can execute /etc/init.d/myapp from prompt, but it doesn’t occur during startup, my guess is that there’s an issue with the PATH, or that a service that you need up and running before executing myapp is actually initializing after myapp. Remember that the scripts in /etc/rc3.d (or whatever your initial runlevel is) are executed in sort order. Verify that myapp has everything it needs to run.

(My guess it that there’s a PATH issue, though)

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