Oh where or where has ifconfig gone

thotFree · 11-12-2003, 11:49 PM

Oh where or where could it be
I've tried find on the root
but could get no loot.
so would you please help me?

Anyways, I can't find iconfig, how could it have been deleted. Do I have some sort of wierd bug or a security problem on my hands. I can still connect to the internet.

Related to that is: does IP config do anything other than parse varaibles existing in the kernel (or somewhere in there) or does it actually serve a function, such that not having it can be a problem for me?

Thanks,
BERNiE

thotFree · 11-13-2003, 12:00 AM

oh, my bad - I'm running mandrake 9.0 on kernel 2.4.2, and I connect to the internet using pppoe - ethernet to adsl

thotFree · 11-13-2003, 12:04 AM

argh! I'm sorry for cluttering this thread up. I have now discovered that I can do it by being root, but I did not need to do that before. I don't know why I would need to do that now. Weird.

If anyone knows why I now need to log on as root, feel free to tell me. Thanks. BERNiE

xquizit · 11-13-2003, 12:27 AM

you dont have to be root just type "/sbin/ifconfig"