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| From | Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage?] |
| Date | 2017-04-26 16:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tAw77-3rU-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On 04/26/2017 10:17 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 10:07:01AM -0400, Ric Moore wrote: >> "ifconfig" has to be run as root. >> ric@iam:~$ sudo ifconfig >> [sudo] password for ric: >> enp8s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > This is not correct, if you are just using it to view an interface rather > than to change the interface. > > ifconfig lives in the /sbin directory, which is not in the default PATH > that user accounts get when they login. It *is* in the PATH that you > get when you run su, or sudo. That's why it works when you slap sudo > in front of it. > > You could also simply run /sbin/ifconfig directly. Or, you could change > your PATH variable to include the /sbin directory. Either of these will > let you run ifconfig without root privileges. And that makes me incorrect how?? For a new user, who doesn't want to dink with $PATH, su or sudo will run ifconfig. It doesn't run, out of the box, as USER, which was the OP's original issue. Ric . -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html
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Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage?] Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-05-01 20:50 +0200
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Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage?] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-04-26 14:40 +0200
Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage?] Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-04-26 16:10 +0200
Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage?] Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-04-26 16:20 +0200
Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage?] Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-04-26 16:30 +0200
Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage?] Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-04-26 16:40 +0200
Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage?] Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-04-26 18:00 +0200
Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage?] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-04-26 16:40 +0200
Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage?] Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de> - 2017-04-26 14:40 +0200
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