Andrew Parker wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Paul Allen Newell <pnewell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> >>> I prefer changing something in /etc/sysctl.conf because it's clearly >>> where this kind of configuration change belongs. Changing ifcfg-eth0 may >>> or may not work at the moment -- I'm guessing it probably does -- but >>> it's a kludge that depends on the functioning of a specific script which >>> in some future version could change. >>> >>> It's a judgment call based on many years experience of messing with >>> systems and having the floor move under my feet :-) >>> >>> poc >>> >>> >>> >> poc: >> >> Interesting points, but not certain whether I agree. Given that the >> "IPV6INIT=no" seems to be an accepted option in ifcfg-eth0, I am not >> certain whether it is a "kludge". Actually, I picked up the info about >> it from this list in 2008 while trying to figure out how to get my local >> network behaving along with internet access and this was "the suggestion >> du jour". Mind you, there were cavaets about issues on LANs, but I never >> saw any problems and it certainly did the trick. And I can't understand >> how LANs would not respect ifcfg-eth0 on each machine of the local net >> (but I'm a newbie in that area, so my "understanding" may be ignorance). >> >> > > i have the same gut reaction as poc, but I think that i can narrow it > down to the fact that sysctl is switching it off at the kernel level, > rather than disabling it for the code that sets up the interface. > that said, if they both work, then use what ever floats your boat. > Thanks for the narrowing, Paul -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
