On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 16:23 -0600, Steve Bergman wrote: > Scot L. Harris wrote: > > > > >But based on the iptables rules you posted it looks like the order of > >the rules is the problem. The first two rules allow everything through. > >Check the contents of /etc/sysconfig/iptables, that is where the rules > >should be saved. > > > > > >_ > > > So would: > > # rpm -e iptables --nodeps > # rm /etc/sysconfig/iptables (just to be sure) > # yum install iptables > > fix his problem? > > Of course, that would leave the question of how it was caused in the > first place... 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.