RE: apache2's handling of IP version 6

[Bonno Bloksma <b.bloksma@tio.nl>]

Hello Satoru,

>> Is the apache2 daemon starting before the ipv6 part of the network 
>> configuration is completely up?
>> 
>> Try putting "ipv6" in your /etc/modules file...
>> 
>
> My PC: Linux squeeze Japanese version clean install.
> Current kernel version: 2.6.32-5-686
>
> After I executed,
> # /etc/init.d/apache2 restart,
>
>I tried,
># lsmod | grep -i ipv6
>But nothing is displayed.
>
>kernel version 2.6.32-5-686 does, from the begining, have ipv6 as an integrated part, not as a module ?
>If so, is there a possibility that the apache2 daemon is starting before the ipv6 part of the network configuration is completely up ?

As of Debian Squeeze the ipv6 support is integrated at kernel level and no longer a module.
Just do a "ifconfig eth0" or "ip addr show eth0" and you will always see an ipv6 line.

Putting ipv6 in \etc\modprobe.d\blacklist.conf to prevent ipv6 support also no longer works as some may have noticed.

Bonno Bloksma