Re: Cannot Disable iptables on startup

From: Tommy Reynolds (TommyReynolds_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 04/25/05


Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 09:05:38 -0500

On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:44:02 +0100, Paul D wrote:

> Despite chkconfig --list | grep ip giving the results you describe below,
> service iptables status still gives the following:

"chkconfig" only works on the _next_ reboot.

You must "service foo stop" to stop them for _this_ boot. Unless the
service was one controlled by xinetd.

Cheers