Need help disable ipV6 at startup

[briliath]

Hello,
I am using Linux Mint and I have found out that I am leaking ipV6 even when using my VPN. So I found a way to disable ipV6 by doing this:

sudo sh -c "echo 'net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1\nnet.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6=1\nnet.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6=1' >> /etc/sysctl.conf"

then this:

sudo sysctl -p

and it all works like a charm. The thing is - I have to do this every time I boot up. Can someone explain to me (I'm still sort of a noob) how I can write a script to have these commands work automatically at startup, so my ipV6 is automatically disabled every time I start the computer? I would need it all explained in simple terms. I have never written a script before. Thanks for any help.

[thx-1138]

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gksudo xed /etc/default/grub

Change:

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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

To=>

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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="ipv6.disable=1 quiet splash"

Then run in a terminal:

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sudo update-grub

Reboot - that's all to it.
To undo: repeat the above after you have (...obviously) removed ipv6.disable=1 from the grub entry...

[briliath]

Thanks!!!! That was so easy even I could do it. Do you know - will I need to do this every time I update to a new kernel? Or will this stick around until I remove it? The latest one I have is 4.13.0-31

[thx-1138]

Or will this stick around until I remove it?

Unless you change it back manually yourself, it will stick...

[briliath]

FANTASTIC. Thank you so much!