How do I find out what my IP Address?

rhle4rb · 11-17-2006, 07:07 PM

Can anyonw tell me how can I find what my RHLE4 workstation IP address? I tried going to terminal type IFCONFIG but telling the command is not know. I am able to get to the internet both external and internal.

Thanks for any suggestion.

theNbomr · 11-17-2006, 07:08 PM

/sbin/ifconfig (if you are root, this should be in your $PATH).

--- rod.

jgeiger · 11-20-2006, 09:29 AM

Code:

ip addr

Also works.

kvaibhav · 07-16-2007, 04:48 AM

As it happened in my case, /sbin was not in my PATH.
(I am a simple user on a network. Not an administrator.)
Hence, neither ifconfig, nor ip addr worked.

I had to locate the command ifconfig,
i.e.,

Code:

locate ifconfig

Edit the file $HOME/.bashrc, i.e.,
add the line export PATH=$PATH:/sbin to
file $HOME/.bashrc

Source the .bashrc, i.e. run the command

Code:

. $HOME/.bashrc

and then I could avail both the commands.

In any case, the following script, mentioned on page
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...?postid=815946

runs without problems, and without hassle.

Code:

/sbin/ifconfig eth0|grep inet|awk {'print $2'}|cut -d":" -f2

-Cheers!

doublejoon · 07-18-2007, 09:20 AM

Just type

Code:

su -

brianmcgee · 07-27-2007, 04:33 AM

Well, just for viewing the ip addess there is no need for special super user rights...

theNbomr · 07-27-2007, 07:57 AM

The question being addressed was not one of rights as much as expedient access. On Linuxes that I use, '/sbin' is in the $PATH for root, but not mortal users. I made the point originally because newbies might not realize that 'ifconfig' as root will probably work, but as joesixpack would require '/sbin/ifconfig'. Just trying to head off the reply reporting 'command not found'.
--- rod.

satnam888 · 07-31-2007, 08:06 AM

try

host xxxxxxxx

where xxxxxxxx is your hostname