problem using ifup and ifconfig "command not found"
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problem using ifup and ifconfig "command not found"
I am running mandrake 10.1 and am very much inexperienced when it comes to linux. I had some problems getting my network to work originaly and had been using ifconfig and ifup eth0, I have since reinstalled mandrake 10.1 and now my network is working fine (it was a problem with my ISP not the machine) but when I try and run ifconfig or ifup it says command not found... did I not install the package? or whats going on?
These commands are usually in /sbin, which is not part of a normal user's path. Try typing "/sbin/ifconfig". Also, you should be root to use ifup, but make sure you start with root's environment (which will put /sbin in the $PATH), by typing "su -" not just "su".
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problem using ifup and ifconfig "command not found"
