On 08/29/2015 06:04 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> It's not necessary to put in rc.local: I just went through this with
> someone else: that's what init scripts are for, to allow you to turn
> on, and turn off, the relevant feature in a user legible fashion, even
> in RHEL 7.


Yes and no.  It kind of depends on what you are trying to do.
I use rc.local as a grab bag of little miscellaneous one lines
I like to do.

I did create a init script for my firewall.