Why system-config-firewall showing firewall as enabled eventhough iptables service is stopped?

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Issue

  • Need to disable the firewall on RHEL servers. Stopped the iptables service to turn off the firewall as below:
# service  iptables  save
# service  iptables  stop
# service  ip6tables  save
# service  ip6tables  stop
# chkconfig iptables off
# chkconfig ip6tables off
  • When running service iptables (or ipt6tables) status it shows:
  iptables: Firewall is not running.
  ip6tables: Firewall is not running.
  • But, when logged in to console and click System --> Administration --> Firewall, it shows the message: The firewall is enabled . How to disabled the firewall completely?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
  • Firewall/iptables

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