[CentOS] 5.2 blues

Thu Jun 26 11:21:35 UTC 2008
Ned Slider <ned at unixmail.co.uk>

Dunc wrote:
> Ned Slider wrote:
>> Dunc wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Yes it was written as rpmnew, and indeed the default was the same. 
>>> But using the original I was using before, changing nothing,  with 
>>> [::] I could not connect after the upgrade. I restarted many times, 
>>> and eventually changing the original to [*] allowed me to connect.
>>>
>>> I then changed to the new conf (after changing a few things like 
>>> using mysql to authenticate, minimum uid to match my setup), and 
>>> again could not connect. Changing the new conf to [*] then solved it.
>>>
>>> How are you disabling IPv6, maybe that is making the difference?
>>>
>>
>> To disable IPv6 as per the Wiki:
>>
>> http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOS5?highlight=(ipv6)#head-47912ebdae3b5ac10ff76053ef057c366b421dc4 
>>
>>
> Hi
> 
> Seems that is making the difference. With IPv6 disabled both * and :: 
> work. If I enable it again and reboot only * works..
> 
> Dunc
> 
> 

OK, thanks Dunc.

As this seems to affect the default install configuration we presumably 
need to add a note somewhere to reflect this. Thanks for spotting and 
reporting it.

Has anyone else experienced this or can confirm it?