> 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 . -- Stephan Wiesand DESY - DV - Platanenallee 6 15738 Zeuthen, Germany