On 03/06/2015 11:00 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > > On 03/06/2015 10:55 AM, Barry Brimer wrote: >> >> >>> IPV6INIT="no" >>> >>> But I am still getting a global IPv6 (and of course local scope). >>> >>> What else do I need to do to disable the listening for RA announcements >>> >>> and setting an IPv6 global address? I do not want to reboot the box. >> There are other modules, most notably bonding that rely on the ipv6 >> module being loaded. What I do is place "options ipv6 disable=1" in >> "/etc/modprobe.d/ipv6.conf". That does require a reboot, which I know >> you are looking to avoid, so you may want to try other methods to >> remove your address in the running configuration. > > 'All' I need is for the system not to have a global IPv6 address. Then > it will not try to connect to other global IPv6 systems which will > reject the connection, as the IPv6 rDNS cannot be set, given it is a > dynamic IPv6 assigned address from the ISP. I tried: # cat /etc/sysconfig/network NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=z9m9z.htt-consult.com NETWORKING_IPV6=no IPV6INIT=no and 'service network restart' but still showing IPv6 addressing.