problem with 'ifconfig' ?

AskMe · 06-21-2004, 02:39 AM

I am using Red Hat 9, when I give the following command "ifconfig" to check information about NIC and TCP/IP then I get following error.......

bash: ifconfig: command not found

What is the problem? How can I check that NIC, TCP/IP are installed and working!!!

SBing · 06-21-2004, 02:53 AM

Don't you have to run ifconfig as root?

su
<type in your root password>
ifconfig

If that fails:

su
updatedb
<wait...if you have a large HD with a lot of files, go for a jog...10 miles should do it... :D >
slocate ifconfig

Steve

michaelk · 06-21-2004, 03:14 AM

You only need to be root to change configuration. The reason for the "command not found" error is that /sbin is usually not in a users path environment.

/sbin/ifconfig

AskMe · 06-21-2004, 11:25 PM

I am login as a root to run 'ifconfig' command but still the same problem. Please let me know what to do? How can I configure my NIC and TCP/IP?

maxut · 06-22-2004, 01:27 AM

become root with "su -" command. "su -" will load the root's path environments.
or when u r root, just try:
/sbin/ifconfig

u can use "netconfig" command to configure your network. surely u must be root to do that.

AskMe · 03-04-2008, 06:34 AM

I can run command /sbin/ifconfig and see all the interfaces if I login as a root. But still I cannot run simply ifconfig. What I have to modify to simply run ifconfig.

vimal · 03-04-2008, 07:04 AM

Hello,

It seems that the path /sbin has not been set in your profile. Execute the command :

# export PATH=$PATH:/sbin

Also add the following line to your .bash_profile :

PATH=$PATH:/sbin

Now try executing the command 'ifconfig' and check if there are errors.

Regards,

Vimal Kumar