[rhelv6-list] Disable ipv6.

[David C. Miller]

Is there anything different in RHEL6 for disabling ipv6? I have seen two methods on the net but want to make sure RHEL6 does not have some new way for doing this.


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Add a new file /etc/modprobe.d/ECS.conf containing

alias net-pf-10 off
alias ipv6 off

Edit /etc/sysconfig/network and add a line saying

NETWORKING_IPV6=off

Then do

chkconfig ip6tables off

then reboot.
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HOWTO Disable IPv6 in Redhat

If, for some reason, you want to disable IPv6 on a Red Hat environment, here’s how to do it.
Edit /etc/sysconfig/network

Change the following:

NETWORKING_IPV6=yes to
NETWORKING_IPV6=no

Edit /etc/modprobe.conf

Add the following if it does not exist:

alias net-pf-10 off
alias ipv6 off

Stop the ipv6tables service

service ip6tables stop

Disable the ipv6tables service

chkconfig ip6tables off

After these changes, IPv6 will be disabled after the next reboot of your system. 




David.