[system-administrators-guide] IPV6INIT now defaults to "yes" | consider IPV6INIT undefined as YES git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/inits

stephenw stephenw at fedoraproject.org
Thu Dec 12 20:00:21 UTC 2013


commit 6759bae948cf960b4639a3bbfe41b8030c6704fd
Author: Stephen Wadeley <swadeley at redhat.com>
Date:   Wed Dec 4 23:11:34 2013 +0100

    IPV6INIT now defaults to "yes"  | consider IPV6INIT undefined as YES
    git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/initscripts.git/commit/?id=0721d2cefd672da45402d6d558384e52a4ed8376
    
    Adding IPV6INIT section (which I had forgotten to do in the past)
    and editing the references to IPV6INIT now that the default is "yes"

 en-US/Network_Interfaces.xml |   31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Network_Interfaces.xml b/en-US/Network_Interfaces.xml
index c77bd21..1fa77d9 100644
--- a/en-US/Network_Interfaces.xml
+++ b/en-US/Network_Interfaces.xml
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ ONBOOT=yes</programlisting>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
 
-<varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
           <term>
           <option>IPV6ADDR</option>=<replaceable>address</replaceable>
           </term>
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ ONBOOT=yes</programlisting>
             <para>
               where <replaceable>address</replaceable> is the first static, or primary, <systemitem class="protocol">IPv6</systemitem> address on an interface.
             </para>
-            <para>The format is Address/Prefix-length. If no prefix length is specified, <literal>/64</literal> is assumed. Note that this setting depends on <option>IPV6INIT</option> being enabled.</para>
+            <para>The format is Address/Prefix-length. If no prefix length is specified, <literal>/64</literal> is assumed. Note that this setting depends on <option>IPV6INIT</option> not being being disabled.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
 
@@ -423,12 +423,37 @@ ONBOOT=yes</programlisting>
             <para>
               where <replaceable>address</replaceable> is one or more, space separated, additional <systemitem class="protocol">IPv6</systemitem> addresses.
             </para>
-                      <para>The format is Address/Prefix-length. If no prefix length is specified, <literal>/64</literal> is assumed. Note that this setting depends on <option>IPV6INIT</option> being enabled.</para>
+                      <para>The format is Address/Prefix-length. If no prefix length is specified, <literal>/64</literal> is assumed. Note that this setting depends on <option>IPV6INIT</option> not being being disabled.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
 
         <varlistentry>
           <term>
+          <option>IPV6INIT</option>=<replaceable>answer</replaceable>
+          </term>
+        <listitem>
+        <para> where <replaceable>answer</replaceable> is one of the following:
+            </para>
+            <itemizedlist>
+              <listitem>
+                <para>
+                  <literal>yes</literal> — Initialize this interface for <systemitem class="protocol">IPv6</systemitem> addressing. This is the default behavior and can be omitted.
+                </para>
+              </listitem>
+              <listitem>
+                <para>
+                  <literal>no</literal> — Do not initialize this interface for <systemitem class="protocol">IPv6</systemitem> addressing.
+                </para>
+                </listitem>
+             </itemizedlist>
+                       <para>
+                       This setting is for <systemitem class="protocol">IPv6</systemitem> static and <systemitem class="protocol">DHCP</systemitem> assignment of <systemitem class="protocol">IPv6</systemitem> addresses. This setting does not affect <firstterm>IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration</firstterm> (<acronym>SLAAC</acronym>) as per <ulink url="http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4862"><citetitle pubwork="webpage">RFC 4862</citetitle></ulink>. See <xref linkend="s2-sysconfig-network"/> for information on disabling IPv6.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term>
           <option>IPV6_PRIVACY_PREFER_PUBLIC_IP</option>=<replaceable>answer</replaceable>
         </term>
         <listitem>


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