Disabling ipv6

[Michael Cronenworth]

On 07/11/2013 02:47 PM, Chris Adams wrote:
> No, when both are available, IPv6 takes precedence (in general for
> modern applications that don't override the precedence); this is spelled
> out in several RFCs (can't recall the numbers).  I think there is a
> global way to override this (maybe /etc/gai.conf can do it?).

You are correct with one exception. Glibc places 6-to-4 connections at a
lower priority so IPv4 addresses are used over IPv6 in this case. You
are also correct in that you can override this with gai.conf.