How to disable IPtables Firewall in Linux (Red hat/CentOS/Fedora Core)

Disable / Turn off Linux Firewall (Red hat/CentOS/Fedora Core)

Type the following two commands to save the IPtables first and then to stop it (you must login as the root user):

# /etc/init.d/iptables save
# /etc/init.d/iptables stop

Turn off firewall on boot

# chkconfig iptables off

Enable / Turn on Linux Firewall (Red hat/CentOS/Fedora Core)

Type the following command to turn on iptables firewall:

# /etc/init.d/iptables start

 

Turn on firewall on boot:

# chkconfig iptables on