Description of Problem: Due to the way ifup checks for firewall existence, it actually loads iptables modules and they stay resident after bootup, even if the user chose no firewall at install time: # Is there a firewall running, and does it look like one we configured? FWACTIVE= if iptables -L -n 2>/dev/null | grep -q RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT ; then FWACTIVE=1 fi the iptables command above is what triggers the iptable_filter and ip_tables modules to load: [root@papp100 root]# lsmod Module Size Used by Not tainted [..] iptable_filter 2412 0 (autoclean) (unused) ip_tables 14936 1 [iptable_filter] [..] Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 6.95-1 How Reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot the system 2. /sbin/lsmod Actual Results: ip_tables and iptable_filter modules load even if user has no firewall Expected Results: Modules above shouldn't be loaded if there are no firewall rules Additional Information: This could be confusing to users who chose "no firewall" yet see iptables modules loaded when doing an lsmod.
Changed in 7.03-1.