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Old 01-06-2004, 10:13 AM   #1
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Question /sbin/ifconfig gives command not found - help


i'm trying to setup networking with slackware 9.1. when I do su password /sbin/ifconfig i get bash:command not found. what do i do? Thanx in advance
 
Old 01-06-2004, 10:35 AM   #2
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Try 'which ifconfig'. It may be located some where else.
 
Old 01-06-2004, 12:08 PM   #3
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If "which ifconfig" doesn't work, then use "locate ifconfig" or "find / -name ifconfig -print". One of those will for sure tell you the path of "ifconfig" and whether or not it exists on your machine. You have to be root to run these commands too.

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Old 01-06-2004, 12:34 PM   #4
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You need to be root to run that command I believe
 
Old 01-06-2004, 01:05 PM   #5
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tried: find / -name ifconfig -print
got: my prompt but nothing else

does that mean its not on my hard drive installation?
 
Old 01-06-2004, 01:40 PM   #6
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can anyone tell me which .tgz ifconfig is located in and how to extract it and to where

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Old 01-06-2004, 02:14 PM   #7
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You don't need to be root to execute ifconfig.

Code:
[frozen@FRoZiX ~]$ /sbin/ifconfig 
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr --:--:--:--:--:--  
          inet addr:--.--.--.---  Bcast:--.--.--.---  Mask:255.255.254.0
          UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2248908 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:80823 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:162972618 (155.4 Mb)  TX bytes:29193221 (27.8 Mb)
          Interrupt:11 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:302 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:302 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:153502 (149.9 Kb)  TX bytes:153502 (149.9 Kb)
ifconfig is located within the Net-tools package. You can get it
http://www.tazenda.demon.co.uk/phil/net-tools/
 
Old 01-06-2004, 05:04 PM   #8
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somehow i must not have installed the right package when installing from cd. i just ran setup for networking only and lo and behold its there using the above find command. now it doesnt detect my 3c509tx ethernet card and windows does. your help is appreciated.
doug
 
Old 01-06-2004, 09:14 PM   #9
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/sbin/modprobe 3c509
uncomment the appropriate line - remove # symbol infront of /sbin/modprobe 3c509 in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules to make the hardware available upon each reboot.
 
  


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