Check the archives,
a post was mde saying that it was explicitly not the right way to do it in rc.local...
Hence my comment
P.
I'm hoping this doesn't get nit-picky and petty. I asked for the canonical way to do it. Interpret this as you wish. I see that to mean, "how would a Red Hat engineer put that into place". I got my answer, I believe. This debate about alternatives is great, but there's no need for anyone to get snippy.
Preston