I have a suggestion for modifications to the scripts in
/etc/rc.d/init.d... Most scripts check to see if the binary
exists before continuing:

[ -f /path/to/binary ] || exit 0

I suggest changing the behavior to instead check to see if
the file is executable before continuing:

[ -x /path/to/binary ] || exit 0

this way if the file doesn't have the right permissions, or
if there are libraries missing that would keep the binary
from executing, the script will stop.