Disable IPv6 - here is help
Since I have posted a number of questions to this list already, here is
some generic help in return:
I just spent many many hours trying to find accurate documentation on
disabling IPv6 in Debian. There is lots of documents out there, but for
my specific configuration, I couldn't find much. However, I finally was
able to disable IPv6. Here's how I did it.
Here is my environment:
Most recent Debian SID - all updates applied
kernel: linux-image-2.6.12-1-amd64-k8 2.6.12-5
I made 2 changes before I rebooted, so I can't be certain which one (or
both?) actually had the effect of disabling ipv6 on boot.
1. vi /etc/sysctl.conf - add
net.ipv6.conf.eth1.autoconf = 0
net.ipv6.conf.eth0.autoconf = 0
net.ipv6.conf.default.autoconf = 0
net.ipv6.conf.all.autoconf = 0
net.ipv6.conf.lo.autoconf = 0
2. vi /etc/modprobe.d/aliases - changed
#alias net-pf-10 ipv6
#to
alias net-pf-10 off
# and added
alias ipv6 off
then ran update-modules
then reboot.
Hope this helps some else, as there seems to be alot of people
interested in disabling the ipv6 feature.
Bill
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