>>please advice urgently hw to remove the iptables RPM to remove u can do these steps.. 1. rpm -q iptables 2. rpm -evh iptables-version-release.. which u got in the first step. >> , or to stop the iptables service from running forever and ever to stop the service from starting..try these steps 1. chkconfig --level 1235 iptables off. after this iptables wont start automatically during boot. Anish --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list