Aug 20

How to disable IPV6 on Redhat5, Centos5 & Fedora 9

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RedHat 5 & Centos 5

Edit /etc/sysconfig/network and set “NETWORKING_IPV6” to “no”

* Add the following to /etc/modprobe.conf :

alias ipv6 off
alias net-pf-10 off

 

* Run chkconfig ip6tables off do disable the IPv6 firewall
* Reboot the system

FEDORA 9
To blacklist the module, simply save the following line in a file inside /etc/modprobe.d:

blacklist ipv6

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