On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 06:19:50PM +0000, Sung N. Cho wrote:
> >It's a sysctl:
> >sysctl -w net.inet6.ip6.bindv6only=0
> >
> >to have it done at boot you can add
> >net.inet6.ip6.bindv6only=0
> >to /etc/sysctl.conf
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> Looks like even an expert makes typo or perhaps, running different 
> version of NetBSD? :)
> 
> net.inet6.ip6.bindv6only=0    should be ---->   net.inet6.ip6.v6only=0 on NetBSD 1.6D.

It should have been changed at some time in the past then, it's a cut'n'paste
from sysctl -a :) This was on a old 1.6_BETA2 system.

> 
> Also, don't forget to make /etc/sysctl.conf executable  ---->  chmod u+x /etc/sysctl.conf

I can't see why this is required: this file isn't executed, but read by the
/etc/rc.d/sysctl script. It just needs to be readable.

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