very perplexed here - I need to turn off iptables. Ive tried service iptables save service iptables stop chkconfig iptables off service ip6tables save service ip6tables stop chkconfig ip6tables off edited OPGX280 ~ # cat /etc/sysconfig/system-config-firewall # Configuration file for system-config-firewall --disabled --service=ssh OPGX280 ~ :( # cat /etc/selinux/config SELINUX=disabled OPGX280 ~ :( # chkconfig |grep ip ip6tables 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off ipmievd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off ipsec 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off iptables 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off ipvsadm 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off Yet - when I reboot iptables gets started - if I run OPGX280 ~ # /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables status Table: filter Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) num target prot opt source destination 1 ACCEPT udp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 udp dpt:53 2 ACCEPT tcp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:53 3 ACCEPT udp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 udp dpt:67 4 ACCEPT tcp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:67 Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) num target prot opt source destination 1 ACCEPT all -- 0.0.0.0/0 192.168.122.0/24 state RELATED,ESTABLISHED 2 ACCEPT all -- 192.168.122.0/24 0.0.0.0/0 3 ACCEPT all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 4 REJECT all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable 5 REJECT all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable Note --> 192.168.122.0/24 is NOT my network, I just want the status to tell me iptables is NOT running What else can I look for?? Thanks Bob