Description of problem: Start with a fresh iptables ruleset. service iptables stop rm /etc/sysconfing/iptables add the following rule (among other if you wish): iptables -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type any -j ACCEPT service iptables save now if you try a "service iptables start" you will get: "Applying iptables firewall rules: Bad argument `any'" cat your /etc/sysconfig/iptables and it appears that the "service iptables save" did not save the command correctly: cat /etc/sysconfig/iptables|grep icmp returns -A INPUT -p icmp -m icmp any -j ACCEPT Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): iptables-1.2.8-12 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. service iptables stop 2. rm /etc/sysconfing/iptables 3. iptables -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type any -j ACCEPT 4. service iptables save 5. service iptables start Actual Results: "Applying iptables firewall rules: Bad argument `any'" Expected Results: iptables should start without error.