Hello
I'm running the up-to-date Virtualmin GPL on Ubuntu 14.04.3 and have the problem that for IPv6 to work on my root server, the file at /etc/network/interfaces needs to have these two lines added in the inet6 section :
up ip route add default via fe80::1 dev eth0
down ip route del default via fe80::1 dev eth0
But every time I add or delete a virtual host, Virtualmin overwrites the file at /etc/network/interfaces causing IPv6 to become inaccessible. To make things worse, I haven't been able to find any way to apply changes to /etc/network/interfaces via SSH without rebooting the whole server. ("sudo service networking restart" no longer works with Ubuntu 14.04)
It would be great if Virtualmin would respect any customisations of /etc/network/interfaces and only add/remove IP address lines in it without overwriting user-made changes.
Secondarily, how does Virtualmin apply changes to /etc/network/interfaces without rebooting? I could at least use the same method to restore the missing settings without rebooting!
Many thanks !
I think the cause here is that Webmin expects that you will specify the default gateway using the
gateway fe80::1line in the IPv6 block foreth0in theinterfacesfile, rather than having special up/down commands to add routes.''
Many thanks ! I'll try that - do you have a hint as to how to apply changes to the interfaces file via ssh without having to reboot Ubuntu 14.04 ?