Disabling IPv6

[antonio montagnani]

Alexander Dalloz wrote/ha scritto, On/il 01/07/2004 17:49:

>Am Do, den 01.07.2004 schrieb Rodolfo J. Paiz um 17:42:
>
>  
>
>>The "ideal" way to disable IPv6 in a Fedora system is apparently to place 
>>this line in /etc/sysconfig/network:
>>
>>      NETWORKING_IPV6=no
>>    
>>
>
>Yes, I would think so too.
>
>  
>
>>However, I have just tested this on my router when I had to power down to 
>>switch UPS systems, and it appears not to work. I am unable to continue 
>>testing since this is a production server (so IPv6 will stay on for another 
>>week or so) and I'll have my test boxen back online in a few days.
>>    
>>
>
>I can confirm that experience. Although I put
>
>NETWORKING_IPV6=no
>IPV6INIT=no
>
>into the /etc/sysconfig/network, IPv6 was still used after a network
>restart and even a reboot.
>
>  
>
>>Could a few people help me test this, before I file it as a bug?
>>    
>>
>
>I think it will need to check all network setup scripts.
>
>  
>
>>Rodolfo J. Paiz
>>    
>>
>
>Alexander
>
>
>  
>
Hi Alexander

I am a little bit confused...
I have IPV6INIT=no in etc/sysconfig/networking-scrips/ifcfg-ethx (where 
x maybe 1 or two having two cards and not in any other places .
Is IpV6 disabled???

Tnx

-- 

 Antonio 

 =========================================================
 Working with  Mozilla 1.7 on Redhat Linux Fedora Core 2
 =========================================================
 =========================================================
     Uso Mozilla 1.7 su Redhat Linux Fedora Core 2
 =========================================================