Hmmm, I just noticed you had quotes around the no in ip6init. If you haven't looked at them, the network-functions scripts have some pretty stupid parsing when it comes to ipv6 because most people don't play with them, some of it is even broken. It's worth having a look at the code if you understand bash scripting, as you'll know exactly what it wants from that. I had to to get what I wanted.
-Blake On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Blake Dunlap <[email protected]> wrote: > Addendum: you might have to reinit or reboot for the last thing i sent to > take effect. > > > On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 4:49 PM, Blake Dunlap <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You can disable it, but it's not just the sysctl. I just don't have a >> refernece box at the moment because I fixed my ip6 a while back, but i have >> run into this before and it is possible to deal with. >> >> Ok next, try adding the below line in /etc/sysconfig/network >> NETWORKING_IPV6=no >> >> And be sure to verify you're still trying to connect via ipv6. >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Howard White <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 01/13/2014 04:28 PM, Tilghman Lesher wrote: >>> >>>> Sometimes when something doesn't work correctly, I run strace either >>>> on the command itself, or attach to the subprocess with an "strace -p >>>> <pid>". It sometimes gives me a clue as to what operation is hanging >>>> or failing to run, which in turn, leads to a solution. >>>> >>>> >>> Thanks for the coaching, Tilghman. Blake and I are on the trail - the >>> mirrorlist.centos.org is trying to resolve via IPv6 and there is no >>> IPv6 network by which to connect. I am now in the throws of learning that >>> there is no way to completely disable IPv6 in CentOS 6. I've read several >>> threads with other folks having the same problem I am, with similar levels >>> of frustration. >>> >>> This link is particularly confusing: >>> <www.hosting.com/support/linux/how-to-disable-ipv6-for- >>> redhat-and-centos/> >>> >>> "append at the end of the {/etc/modprobe.conf} file: >>> install ipv6 /bin/true" >>> >>> That disables ipv6???? >>> >>> >>> Howard >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscribe@ >>> googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ >>> group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>> >>> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
