> On Apr 12, 2015, at 12:38 PM, Andrea Venturoli <m...@netfence.it> wrote:
> 
> Hello.
> 
> Running Bacula on a system where IPv6 was disabled in the kernel yields lot 
> of errors:
> 
>> # bconsole
>> Connecting to Director localhost:9101
>> bconsole: bsock.c:227-0 Socket open error. proto=28 port=9101. ERR=Protocol 
>> not supported
>> ...
>> *autodisplay on
>> *status client
> > ...
>> 12-Apr 17:34 martin-xxx JobId 0: Error: bsock.c:225 Socket open error. 
>> proto=28 port=9102. ERR=Protocol not supported
> 
> While these are harmless, any succesful job will report:
> 
>>  Termination:            Backup OK -- with warnings
> 
> This can lead to overlooking more serious problems.
> 
> 
> 
> Solving it all is as easy as adding "--disable-ipv6" to CONFIGURE_ARGS.
> 
> 
> 
> I'm reporting this hoping it will help others, but I also ask: can we have an 
> option to disable IPv6, like many other ports have?

That is a good idea.  Please submit a PR so we do not lose track of this.  I 
ask because it may be some time before I work on this.

We'll have the default with IPV6 on.

—
Dan Langille
http://langille.org/





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