System Version CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511
Problem: Content /etc/rc.local does not take effect starting the machine
After checking
/etc/rc.local is soft connection /etc/rc.d/rc.local
Permissions /etc/rc.d/rc.local follows
# ll /etc/rc.d/rc.local
-rw-r-xr-x
Solution: permission to increase x
# chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.local
# ll /etc/rc.d/rc.local
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 490 Jul 30 15:54 /etc/rc.d/rc.local