disable IPV6 on specific interface with redhat on vmware

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Published on 2010-04-18T09:58:37Z Indexed on 2010/04/18 10:03 UTC
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I tried to disable IPv6 on specific interface using IPV6INIT=no on the interface script. its working great on all server accept ones that run on Vmware.

any idea?

im using redhat 5.2, on vmware ESX

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