Redhat CentOS disable iptables Firewall

How Do I Disable Firewall?

First login as the root user.






Check if firewall is running



#service iptables status

Next enter the following three commands to disable firewall.

# service iptables save
# service iptables stop
# chkconfig iptables off

If you are using IPv6 firewall, enter:

# service ip6tables save
# service ip6tables stop
# chkconfig ip6tables off