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(usagi-users 01493) Re: IPv6 on SuSE 8.0 question



FYI.

- Robbie

Robert V. Williamson <robbiew@xxxxxxxxxx>
Linux Test Project
IBM Linux Technology Center
Phone: (512) 838-9295   T/L: 638-9295
http://ltp.sourceforge.net
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                      Andi Kleen                                                                                                 
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                                               cc:       Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>                                                 
                      05/24/2002 04:06         Subject:  Re: IPv6 on SuSE 8.0 question                                           
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On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 10:38:37AM -0500, Robert Williamson wrote:
> Andi,
>
>   I'm trying to configure IPv6 on SuSE 8.0, and I cannot get the
> /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0 file to recognize the IPv6 settings,
i.e.
> IPV6INIT or IPV6ADDR.  I had this all working with rc.config.d, BUT you
> guys have switched.  I also use the same settings on RedHat's 7.3 distro
> with no problems at all.  I'm trying to use the IPv6 package from the
USAGI
> group (http://www.linux-ipv6.org/).

I think the new startup scripts do not support IPv6 (yet).  If you want
non autoconfigured ipv6 addresses you currently have to put them manually
using ip into boot.local. The other tools mostly should support ipv6
already
though, you likely don't need another update package.

-Andi