Re: [CentOS] nmap showing lots of ports open that shouldn't be

Scot L. Harris wrote:

No no no! No need to remove iptables and using nodeps is not recommended.

He needs to reconfigure iptables to have a set of rules that allows the services he wants on that server.

Perhaps I should have been clearer. There should be no problem with --nodeps when the intent is to turn right around and reinstall the same package.

Also, the reinstall should be followed by:

# system-config-securitylevel

To create a good (and customized) /etc/sysconfig/iptables using the standard config tool, which should get the rule set right. (And if it doesn't, that's a bug.)

-Steve