On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:11:29 -0500, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2010-01-28 16:09:11 -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: > > By default, ifconfig only shows active interfaces. Issue "ifconfig -a" > > to show *all* interfaces. (You have to be root of course.) > > No need to be root!
On my system you *do* need to be root. $ ifconfig -bash: ifconfig: command not found $ su Password: [enter root password] # ifconfig . . (expected output from ifconfig . The problem is that, by default, ordinary users don't have /sbin in their PATH variable. Not on a plain-vanilla Debian system. But it's true that an ordinary user can run ifconfig by issuing $ /sbin/ifconfig or by modifying the PATH variable to include /sbin. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
