check IP

[thcc2]

"which" is not going to find it if it's not in the PATH (which it obviously isn't). But yes it is usually at /sbin/ifconfig

You can see that spoon already told you it wasn't going to work like that.

You can su to root before running it.

It will work if you do this.

http://www.whatismyip.com/

Thanks Cabhan. I was just wondering if there was a way I could do it without using a website like this. Is there some way for me to interrogate the router for this information??

I dun have the root user permission

[bryansmith]

You should. What happens when you try to su into root?

Did you choose what groups you were added to during install?

Bryan

[smolloy]

I dun have the root user permission

Do you mean you don't know the root password, or you don't know how to get root permissions??

[thcc2]

I dun have the root user permission

Do you mean you don't know the root password, or you don't know how to get root permissions??

I don't know the root password

[thcc2]

You should. What happens when you try to su into root?

Did you choose what groups you were added to during install?

Bryan

It ask for password

[Roxoff]

You can su to root before running it.

Or try

which ifconfig

and then type the full path as a normal user. (In my case it is /sbin/ifconfig.)

it gives me the following error message

which: no ifconfig in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/java/bin:/usr/lib/java/jre/bin:.)

You could try:

locate ifconfig

and that should turn it up if the locatedb is up to date.

[thcc2]

You can su to root before running it.

Or try

which ifconfig

and then type the full path as a normal user. (In my case it is /sbin/ifconfig.)

it gives me the following error message

which: no ifconfig in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/java/bin:/usr/lib/java/jre/bin:.)

You could try:

locate ifconfig

and that should turn it up if the locatedb is up to date.

Thks

[farslayer]

"which" is not going to find it if it's not in the PATH (which it obviously isn't). But yes it is usually at /sbin/ifconfig

You can see that spoon already told you it wasn't going to work like that.

You can su to root before running it.

It will work if you do this.

http://www.whatismyip.com/

Thanks Cabhan. I was just wondering if there was a way I could do it without using a website like this. Is there some way for me to interrogate the router for this information??

What do you need the external IP for ? to ssh to or access a web page maybe ?

You could use a dynamic DNS service so you would just access smolloy.dynip.com or a similar DNS name that wouldn't change.
http://www.dyndns.com/
http://www.dynamip.com/

Then you run a Dyanmic IP client on your workstation that 'phones home' to the dynamic DNS service to update your IP address and keey your DNS name pointed at it..

Really a neat service for home users.

[smolloy]

Thanks farslayer (and apologies to the original poster for hijacking this thread ). I've been thinking about setting up a ssh server, and was wondering how to solve the problem of having a dynamic IP. Thanks for the info.

[anomie]

Wow, who would have guessed a thread about displaying your NIC's IP could get so long.

"which" is not going to find it if it's not in the PATH (which it obviously isn't).

True. I should have said

whereis ifconfig