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09-15-2003	#1 (permalink)
imported_mblanco2000 Just Joined! Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 23	bash: ipconfig command not found I am new to the linux world. i am running redhat 9 i am having trouble when trying to get my local ip address. ipconfig -a\|more says ipconfig command not found weird thing is i can man ipconfig the same thing also happens with init and telinit which should be linked. thanks for the help

09-15-2003	#2 (permalink)
Dillinger Linux User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 390	I've never heard of ipconfig, but if it exists you probably have to be root to run it. I know of ifconfig, which has a man page but has root only permissions. So su root then run it.

09-15-2003	#3 (permalink)
kihbord Just Joined! Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 83	Hi, I believe what you want to do is: ifconfig -a \| more not ipconfig -a \| more ipconfig is a Windows command -- ifconfig is the Linux/Unix equivalent. If you are not logged in as root, specify the directory where the command is located: /sbin/ifconfig -a \|more Hope that helps.

09-15-2003	#4 (permalink)
Dillinger Linux User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 390	Hey thanks kihbord, I didn't know that I could run it as a regular user.

09-15-2003	#5 (permalink)
Hellmasker Linux Engineer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New Zealand Posts: 766	ur not meant to be able to. i can coz i suid'ed it but it wasnt avalible to normal users by default.

09-15-2003	#6 (permalink)
imported_mblanco2000 Just Joined! Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 23	Thanks I appreciate the help. i could have sworn I did that last night but your suggestions helped out so much. i look forward to getting better at this and helping all of you. Thanks again. MB

09-15-2003	#7 (permalink)
kihbord Just Joined! Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 83	Sorry for the confusion, Hellmasker is right -- you can not perform configuration tasks using ifconfig. You would have to be root. You can only view the current configuration as a normal user. Thanks for the note Hellmasker.

09-15-2003	#8 (permalink)
Dolda2000 Linux Guru Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Täby, Sweden Posts: 7,578	You might want to consider /sbin/ifconfig \| less if you need a pager, though. As long as you have a non-dumb terminal, more is kind of defunct today, don't you think?

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