Hi, Is it possible to (at least temporarily) disable/shutdown IPV6 on SuSE 9 ? I would like to test something (Courier-imap can't authenticate via MySQL, and I read that maybe IPV6 could be the reason). TIA. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Koenraad Lelong R&D Manager ACE electronics n.v.
Is it possible to (at least temporarily) disable/shutdown IPV6 on SuSE 9 ? I would like to test something (Courier-imap can't authenticate via MySQL, and I read that maybe IPV6 could be the reason).
In /etc/modules.conf make the following change, replace alias net-pf-10 ipv6 # alias net-pf-10 off with # alias net-pf-10 ipv6 alias net-pf-10 off Run depmod -a && modprobe -r ipv6 (If modprobe can't unload the ipv6 module, then reboot) -- James Ogley, Webmaster, Rubber Turnip james@rubberturnip.org.uk http://www.rubberturnip.org.uk Jabber: riggwelter@myjabber.net Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 9.0). GNOME updates for SuSE: http://www.usr-local-bin.org
James Ogley <james@usr-local-bin.org> [Mon, 01 Dec 2003 07:40:29 +0000]:
(If modprobe can't unload the ipv6 module, then reboot)
It's generally impossible to unload ipv6 as the use counter is set to -1 by the module on purpose, thus making unloading impossible. The only way to get rid of ipv6 is by rebooting. Philipp
* Philipp Thomas <philipp.thomas@t-link.de> [Dec 01. 2003 20:36]:
James Ogley <james@usr-local-bin.org> [Mon, 01 Dec 2003 07:40:29 +0000]:
(If modprobe can't unload the ipv6 module, then reboot)
It's generally impossible to unload ipv6 as the use counter is set to -1 by the module on purpose, thus making unloading impossible. The only way to get rid of ipv6 is by rebooting.
And let me add that if you want it to stay off after reboot, you want to set alias ipv6 off in /etc/modules.conf -- Mads Martin Joergensen, http://mmj.dk "Why make things difficult, when it is possible to make them cryptic and totally illogical, with just a little bit more effort?" -- A. P. J.
Philipp Thomas wrote:
James Ogley <james@usr-local-bin.org> [Mon, 01 Dec 2003 07:40:29 +0000]:
(If modprobe can't unload the ipv6 module, then reboot)
It's generally impossible to unload ipv6 as the use counter is set to -1 by the module on purpose, thus making unloading impossible. The only way to get rid of ipv6 is by rebooting.
Philipp
I didn't bother to stop IPV6, I just rebooted (thanks for the suggestion B.T.W.). But that did not solve my problem. I did find what was wrong, but now I do have another problem. I getting further, but with Suse 8.1 I didn't have these problems :-( I must remember to activate IPV6 again. Or shouldn't I ? -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Koenraad Lelong R&D Manager ACE electronics n.v.
On Tuesday 02 December 2003 08:41 am, Koenraad Lelong wrote: <SNIP>
I didn't bother to stop IPV6, I just rebooted (thanks for the suggestion B.T.W.). But that did not solve my problem. I did find what was wrong, but now I do have another problem. I getting further, but with Suse 8.1 I didn't have these problems :-( I must remember to activate IPV6 again. Or shouldn't I ?
It shouldn't be necessary to restart it. I've kept it disabled on all 6 machines here (because Mozilla doesn't like it) with no problems at all. Dylan
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