BIND 9.1.1 and IPV6

Mark.Andrews at nominum.com Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Mon Apr 30 00:37:15 UTC 2001


> Currently running a test ipv6 network and have been trying to get Bind 9.1.1
> working correctly with IPV6 without success. When it is loaded up I get this
> message in /var/log/syslog:
> 
> Apr 28 21:21:15 coda /usr/local/sbin/named[26455]: IPv6 structures in kernel
> and user space do not match.
> Apr 28 21:21:15 coda /usr/local/sbin/named[26455]: IPv6 support is disabled.
> 
> This machine is running Slackware 7.1 running kernel 2.4.3. IPV6 support is
> all compiled in the kernel and I can successfully ping6 other IPV6 sites and
> others on IPV6 can connect to me so the kernel must be configured correctly.
> 
> Can anyone shed any light on why this message keeps appearing?

	Because your kernel has a different idea about the size of
	struct sockaddr_in6 to what the compiler saw when named was
	compiled.

	Mark
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Paul Thomas
> paul at twocom.net
> 
> 
> 
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