Hi Stephan,

thank you for that hint.

Is this an additional setting to the other settings mentioned
by me or the one and only setting necessary?

Am I right that this setting allows loading of the kernel module
by disables IPv6 functionality?

Best regards
Andreas


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: [log in to unmask] [mailto:owner-
> [log in to unmask]] Im Auftrag von Stephan Wiesand
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 5. August 2015 11:26
> An: [log in to unmask]
> Betreff: Re: IPv6 address popping up
> 
> > On 05 Aug 2015, at 11:18, Bill Maidment <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > -----Original message-----
> > From:	Andreas Mock <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent:	Wed 05-08-2015 19:14
> > Subject:	AW: IPv6 address popping up
> > To:	Bill Maidment <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask];
> >> Hi Bill,
> >>
> >> Thank you for that hint. I'll try it.
> >> Can you explain what the difference to
> >>
> >> net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
> >>
> >> is?
> >>
> >> Do you have an idea why the IPv6 kernel module
> >> is pulled in?
> >>
> >
> > I'll leave that to someone else to explain.
> > It just worked for me.
> > Maybe something is using the "default" rather than what is covered by
> "all"
> > It would be good to know the answer, though.
> 
> It's sufficient to type something like "host ::0" to get it autoloaded.
> The correct way to disable IPv6 on SL6 is to have an "options ipv6
> disable=1" somewhere in modprobe.d .
> 
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