How can I disable IPV6 on Solaris 10 for SURE?

[kaka...@gmail.com]

Hi,

I have been running into problem on the wu-ftpd on Solaris 10. I saw
many articles online saying wu-ftp doesn't support IPV6.

So, I have done the following to disable the IPV6:

/etc/default/inet_type
DEFAULT_IP=IP_VERSION4
/etc/protocols
<comment out Internet (IPv6) extension headers>

Also when I type ifconfig -a6, it doesn't have anything returned.

I guess there could be something else I need to do in order to disable
the IPV6 in order to make the wu-ftpd to work? Thanks!

FYI below:

/etc/inetd.conf
ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/
in.ftpd in.ftpd -a

[Casper H.S. Dik]

"kaka...@gmail.com" <kaka...@gmail.com> writes:

>I have been running into problem on the wu-ftpd on Solaris 10. I saw
>many articles online saying wu-ftp doesn't support IPV6.

Why are you doing this? Solaris 10 comes with wu-ftpd so there's no
need to "install" it.

Also, the fact that applications do not support a certain protocol
does not mean you need to disable it in order to be able to use it.

Casper
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[James Carlson]

"kaka...@gmail.com" <kaka...@gmail.com> writes:
> I have been running into problem on the wu-ftpd on Solaris 10. I saw
> many articles online saying wu-ftp doesn't support IPV6.
>
> So, I have done the following to disable the IPV6:

Say what? Applications that don't support IPv6 will simply not listen
for IPv6 connections. They run just *fine* on a system that has both
IPv4 and IPv6 -- by design. There's no need to disable anything.

> Also when I type ifconfig -a6, it doesn't have anything returned.

That's *all* that's required to disable IPv6 on Solaris. You need not
modify anything else. In fact, I'd suggest reverting all of the other
changes you've made, as they're fairly likely to break things.

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