On Tue, 13 Dec 2011, cliff here wrote: > Also to note, if you edit your /etc/sysconfig/iptables file manually there > is a line in /etc/init.d./iptables at line number 300 that will save on > service iptables restart; meaning if you run that command the buffer will > save over the file and basically revert any changes you just made to the > file. Well, it's line 300 on CentOS 5, not on CentOS 6. If you mean that having "IPTABLES_SAVE_ON_STOP=yes" set means it saves on restart, well yes. But that's not the default, so you've changed your setup to do that as far as I'm aware. jh