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