(usagi-users 03998) Re: how to supress RA on linux

Hi 

the file path is 
/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/accept_ra and not the
/proc/sys/net/ipv6/all/accept_ra

pls try 
echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/accept_ra

Regards
Pramendra Singh



--- Varun Chandramohan <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Varun Chandramohan wrote:
> > Anjali Gajendragadkar wrote:
> >   
> >> i am unable to make changes in the file
> >> error is E667: Fsync failed
> >> i am logged as root
> >>
> >>   
> >>     
> > either use
> >
> > echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/all/accept_ra
> >
> >   
> Sorry i mean 0.
> > or sysctl interface.
> >
> > Regards,
> > varun
> >
> >   
> >> - anjali
> >>
> >> On Nov 20, 2007 5:06 PM, Anjali Gajendragadkar
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >>   
> >>     
> >>> oh thanks
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Nov 20, 2007 4:38 PM, Varun Chandramohan
> <[email protected]>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>     
> >>>       
> >>>> Anjali Gajendragadkar wrote:
> >>>>       
> >>>>         
> >>>>> I have a linux PC (2.6.12.3 - kernel) with
> ipv6 enabled and assigned
> >>>>> it an static IP address
> >>>>> The PC also receives RA as Router is enabled
> and configured with IPV6
> >>>>>         
> >>>>>           
> >>>> prefix.
> >>>>       
> >>>>         
> >>>>> Thus my PC has three address
> >>>>> 1. Static IPv6 address
> >>>>> 2. From router advertisment RA (prefix+MAC
> address)
> >>>>> 3. Link local address
> >>>>>
> >>>>> my questions
> >>>>> 1.  is it possible to supress RA on the linux
> PC, so that PC will not
> >>>>> generate IPV6 address using this
> >>>>>
> >>>>>         
> >>>>>           
> >>>> This can be done by setting 0 to
> /proc/sys/net/ipv6/all/accept_ra
> >>>>       
> >>>>         
> >>>>> 2. can link local address be supressed
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>         
> >>>>>           
> >>>> No link local is initialized with the ipv6
> stack. So it cannot be
> >>>> supressed.
> >>>>       
> >>>>         
> >>>>> -Anjali
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>         
> >>>>>           
> >>>> Varun
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>       
> >>>>         
> >>   
> >>     
> >
> >
> >   
> 
> 
> 
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