turning off IPv6

[Martin OConnor]

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Noah wrote:
> Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 10:58 -0700, Noah wrote:
>>  
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> I want to turn off IPv6 on all my interfaces.  how do I do this?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>>
>>> Noah
>>>     
>>
>>
>> start with rmmod ipv6 and see where that takes  you
>>   
> 
> 
> does not work.  I dont want it enabled on my interfaces.
> # rmmod ipv6
> ERROR: Module ipv6 is in use
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Noah
> 
> 
> 
>> alan
>>
>>
>>   
> 
> 
Edit the file /etc/modprobe.d/aliases

locate the line:

alias net-pf-10 ipv6

with:

alias net-pf-10 off

then reboot.
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