Subtle difference in chkconfig entry

Question

I'm not able to try this out on one of our machines, so I'm asking here instead!

Why does the following chkconfig entry in an init script work:

# chkconfig: - 95 05

whereas the following doesn't:

# chkconfig : - 85 15

Is it the fact that there is a space between the chkconfig and the :, or are the numbers important?

Answer 1

It's the space that's doing it. From leveldb.c:

if (!strncmp(start, "chkconfig:", 10)) {

The numbers only determine when the initscript runs during startup and shutdown.