Re: Default value of net.ipv6.bindv6only should revert to 0
On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 05:04:58PM +0900, Kazuo Oishi wrote:
> Vincent Danjean <vdanjean.ml@free.fr> writes:
> >>> Anyone, could you teach me why net.ipv6.bindv6only need to be set
> >>> to 1 globally, and why other good programs need to be changed?
> >>> I think it should revert.
> >
> > I've no strong opinion about the default value for net.ipv6.bindv6only.
> > However, I think that any application that breaks if the default value
> > is 0 or 1 is broken and a bug must be filled..
>
> I think that an application which depends on net.ipv6.bindv6only=1 is
> broken (at least as Linux application).
I am not sure that there are such applications. Can you give us an
example?
> And I think that an application which depends on bindv6only=0 might have
> a problem on portability and it might be a bug, but it should work with
> Debian as ever. Setting bindv6only=1 and breaking these programs,
> including outside of Debian packages, would not be a good choice.
Well, nothing forbids you from changing that option on your own
system, if you really need it.
BTW, a related question to everyone: from reading /etc/init.d./procps
I see that files in /etc/sysctl.d/ take a precedence over
/etc/sysctl.conf. Should not it be the other way around?
--
Stanislav
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