Bug 125587
Summary: | Add "NETWORKING_IPV6=no" to /etc/sysconfig/network and make the file owned by some RPM package | ||
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Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Rodolfo J. Paiz <rpaiz> |
Component: | initscripts | Assignee: | Bill Nottingham <notting> |
Status: | CLOSED DUPLICATE | QA Contact: | Brock Organ <borgan> |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | 3 | CC: | axel.thimm, barryn, denis, florin, k.georgiou, mattdm, oggust, p.van.egdom, rvokal, shiva, thomas |
Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | FutureFeature |
Target Release: | --- | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Enhancement | |
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Last Closed: | 2006-07-11 16:28:04 UTC | Type: | --- |
Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Description
Rodolfo J. Paiz
2004-06-09 03:56:39 UTC
*** Bug 126232 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Note that the duplicate bug 126232 contains additional information, namely that setting the variable to "no" does not suppress loading the module. Also check the Fedora Users mailing list for the thread "Disabling IPv6" (started July 1) for more information: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/ An easier way to find the "Disabling IPv6" thread via MARC, given that in all honesty the Red Hat archives... well, need work: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=108869660200001&r=1&w=2 According to some of the comments in the thread, even though "no" is the default for IPv6, some program at startup is loading the module anyway and so the IPv6 protocol stack and network subsystem is left loaded but not fully configured, leading to all sorts of minor problems and annoyances. Really the fact that NETWORKING_IPV6=no does not work as intended should probably be filed as a separate bug (since that *does* indicate broken behavior and this one is just an RFE) but I'll let Bill determine whether to keep them together or separate. FYI: This happens on RHEL4 as well. (The issue where NETWORKING_IPV6=no but the ipv6 module still loads on demand.) *** Bug 188003 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Bill, could we please have a solution for this in a near future? It was reported for FC3test2 which is already transfered to legacy and nothing happend so far till FC5. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 198045 *** Fedora Core 3 is now maintained by the Fedora Legacy project for security updates only. If this problem is a security issue, please reopen and reassign to the Fedora Legacy product. If it is not a security issue and hasn't been resolved in the current FC5 updates or in the FC6 test release, reopen and change the version to match. Thank you! |