Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 09:58:39 -0500 From: "Michael W. Oliver" <michael@gargantuan.com> To: David Jenkins <david.jenkins@gmail.com> Cc: Danny Browne <danny_browne@eircom.net> Subject: Re: turning off IPv6 support in BSD Message-ID: <20041121145839.GA22939@gargantuan.com> In-Reply-To: <9395922d041121030126fc204e@mail.gmail.com> References: <20041120165059.DF29543D64@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <20041120165923.GA73153@ozzmosis.com> <e4b0ecef04112102273f091eec@mail.gmail.com> <9395922d041121030126fc204e@mail.gmail.com>
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--HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2004-11-21T11:01:09+0000, David Jenkins wrote: > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 12:27:19 +0200, Panagiotis Christias > <christias@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 03:59:23 +1100, andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com> w= rote: > >=20 > >=20 > > > On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 04:50:58PM +0000, Danny Browne wrote: > > > > > > > How do i turn off IPv6 support in FreeBSD 4.10? > > > > > > Remove "options INET6" from your kernel config file > > > (/sys/i386/conf/XXX), rebuild your kernel and reboot your machine. > > > > > > There may be a way to turn it off at runtime using sysctl, but I don't > > > know what it is, and in hindsight it probably wouldn't make much sense > > > to do that at runtime, although I'm willing to be convinced otherwise= =2E :) > > > > > > Regards > > > Andrew > >=20 > > You can also comment out the 'ipv6_enable=3D"YES"' line in /etc/rc.conf. >=20 > I just ensured my rc.conf didn't have=20 >=20 > ipv6_enable=3D"YES" >=20 > dropped to single user mode and came back up and it appears there is > still support for IPv6 ipv6_enable=3D"YES" is defined in /etc/defaults/rc.conf, so you have to define ipv6_enable=3D"NO" in /etc/rc.conf to realize any change. FYI, since I actively use IPv6, I can't really say what the above definition will actually accomplish, but wanted to clear up what needed to be defined in /etc/rc.conf. To get rid of IPv6 completely (why would you want this? :) ), you should definitely rebuild your kernel without INET6. --=20 Michael W. Oliver [see complete headers for contact information] --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBoKzOsWv7q8X6o8kRAsA4AJwL6EPh/nnyn0YxmA7+/IIKuZCAUQCgiWzy bZ5LavpWg0jLiVmw+IIf2zE= =iUic -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD--
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