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| author | Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi> | 2011-03-01 17:34:05 +0200 |
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| committer | Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> | 2011-03-01 14:17:03 -0500 |
| commit | c9c14fb5cd56c831e5d1dca259a13d6797d1b773 (patch) | |
| tree | 62b1feaf0c8b2b4a75c47a406aa24b88da26b29f | |
| parent | 6fa9b81fe263f25c1395a6156d939433623a849f (diff) | |
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Update and improve IPv6 disabling instructions.
| -rw-r--r-- | sysconfig.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sysconfig.txt b/sysconfig.txt index 7d03e0ed..21835e90 100644 --- a/sysconfig.txt +++ b/sysconfig.txt @@ -289,9 +289,12 @@ Generic options: NETWORKING_IPV6=yes|no Enable or disable global IPv6 initialization - To do this properly, add a rule in /etc/modprobe.conf that - disables loading of the ipv6 module. Example: - install ipv6 /bin/true + To do this properly, add a rule in /etc/modprobe.d that disables IPv6. + Note that the ipv6 module may be required by some other modules, for + example bonding, even when IPv6 is not in use so it is not recommended + to prevent loading it. Instead, use for example this in + /etc/modprobe.d/disable-ipv6.conf: + options ipv6 disable=1 /etc/sysconfig/static-routes-ipv6: Contains lines of the form: |