EZ Newbie question: Where is ifconfig in Fedora 2?

jcubed · 08-25-2004, 05:47 PM

I need some way to check my IP address, and "whatsmyip.com" doesn't work if I'm behind a firewall. I've looked around and found confirmation that ifconfig is still in Fedora. (Whew!) However, when I su and do a "which ifconfig", Fedora tells me it isn't in the path.

I'm still green, and could use a quick pointer to where I should find ifconfig.

Thanks!

michaelk · 08-25-2004, 05:51 PM

How about:
whereis ifconfig
or
locate ifconfig

kostason · 08-25-2004, 08:54 PM

Try this one

/sbin/ifconfig -a

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Kostason

jcubed · 08-26-2004, 12:44 PM

Both posts helped me. Many thanks!

Baltasar · 08-26-2004, 02:20 PM

You could also get root access with "su-"
When you type "su -" instead of "su" you get the login shell from root and not from your user account.
"/sbin", /usr/sbin" and /usr/local/sbin aren't exported to PATH for other users then root. so if you want to execute ifconfig for example, you must type the full path /sbin/ifconfig