Bind 9.5.0-Pl not finding existing IPv6 interface

Mark Andrews Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Thu Jul 10 10:42:33 UTC 2008


> I had a functioning DNS (BIND) service that was configured for both
> IPv4 and IPv6.  I upgraded to BIND 9.5.0-P1.  When building from
> source the README stated that "If your operating system has integrated
> support for IPv6, it
> will be used automatically.".  The OS is Fedora 9 with IPv4 and IPv6
> interfaces up and running. Now when starting the DNS service I get the
> dreaded "no IPv6 interfaces found".  The DNS service is binding to the
> IPv4 interface.  Any
> ideas how to get BIND to also find the IPv6 interface?

	Ensure that /proc/net/if_inet6 is available in the chroot file
	system.

	Mark
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