Disabling IPv6 in Ubuntu  Q I want to remove IPv6 support. I set
about doing /etc/modprobe.d/aliases in the terminal as root, but
I got a terse message telling me: 'permission denied' Can you
tell me why that is? I have Ubuntu Studio 7.10 and I need the
other things working as well. This has been a nightmare for me
trying to disable IPv6. My modem is a D-Link ADSL DSL-G624T, my
ISP is Virgin. I went to the Ubuntu website and followed their
instructions to disable IPv6. As root I put in the terminal,
gksudo gedit/etc/modprobe.d/aliases  Nothing happened (I believe
a list is supposed to come up on a web browser or something). I
am a Linux newbie and I really would like an answer to this
terrible nightmare. Others out there have the same problem as
me. Can't the Ubuntu people make an update for this, I think
IPv6 is not even being used yet, and will not be used for some
time to come.  A /etc/modprobe.d/aliases is a data file, not a
program, so you cannot run it: you need to edit it. This is what
the command you