Wagonlicious

After upgrading my backup server from the previous LTS release (Lucid) to the new one, the config which backs up /etc on localhost was failing.  It was failing because pings to localhost were failing.  This is no good – localhost should be pingable. :)  Ultimately, this is because IPv6 is enabled by default now.  I don’t use IPv6 on my internal network, mostly because it’s new and scary and I don’t like change.  Or because I just don’t need it.  So, here’s how to disable IPv6 on your Ubuntu 12.04 / Precise box:

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