Ifconfig NOT working

Joy Stick · 03-25-2017, 05:06 PM

Hi all

I connected as 'oracle' user.
Initially ifconfig command worked for 'oracle' user.
Now it is not working - Why so >

PHP Code:


			
$ ifconfig
-bash: ifconfig: command not found

PHP Code:


			
$ /sbin/ifconfig 
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0C:29:1D:E8:A5  
          inet addr:192.168.161.135  Bcast:192.168.161.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe1d:e8a5/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:38 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:55 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:8231 (8.0 KiB)  TX bytes:7722 (7.5 KiB)
          Interrupt:67 Base address:0x2024 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:4213 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4213 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:5791122 (5.5 MiB)  TX bytes:5791122 (5.5 MiB)

PHP Code:


			
# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0C:29:1D:E8:A5  
          inet addr:192.168.161.135  Bcast:192.168.161.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe1d:e8a5/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:34 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:51 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:7898 (7.7 KiB)  TX bytes:7494 (7.3 KiB)
          Interrupt:67 Base address:0x2024 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:4202 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4202 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:5790577 (5.5 MiB)  TX bytes:5790577 (5.5 MiB)

PHP Code:


			
$ uname -a
Linux AUSUAT 2.6.18-419.0.0.0.1.el5PAE #1 SMP Fri Feb 24 09:20:35 PST 2017 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

PHP Code:


			
$ cat  /etc/redhat-release 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.11 (Tikanga)

michaelk · 03-25-2017, 08:41 PM

RH does not put /sbin in a regular users path environment. Are you sure it did work before?

Joy Stick · 03-26-2017, 12:59 AM

Hi,

RH does not put /sbin in a regular users path environment. Are you sure it did work before?

Yes. Usually i check ifconfig as 'oracle' user only. IT WORKED 2 days before.

Jjanel · 03-26-2017, 03:20 AM

In #1, are you saying that /sbin/ifconfig works NOW, as shown in 2nd Code block??
IF so, web-research $PATH
IF not, use `ls -l` to see if the file is there. Also, `ls -ld /sbin` to see the modify-date of /sbin.
Let us know. (there's other commands to find/stat a file) Also, see if `ip a` might have replaced it.

michaelk · 03-26-2017, 04:57 AM

I do not run Oracle which might add it to the path. What is the oracle's users path?

I run CentOS but it should be the same. My default path for Centos 5.x:
/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/home/username/bin

The default users path for CentOS 6.x is below which does contain /sbin
/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/home/username/bin

Shadow_7 · 03-26-2017, 07:05 PM

You can use "ip" instead of "ifconfig". In fact many distros no longer install ifconfig by default with a minimum install.

IP cheat sheet - via redhat.
https://access.redhat.com/sites/defa..._jcs_print.pdf

Otherwise $(sudo apt-get install net-tools) in debian to install ifconfig.

JJJCR · 03-26-2017, 10:06 PM

ifconfig has already been deprecated in some Linux distro, if I'm not wrong.

For RH try: ip addr show eth0

Check out this cheat sheet from RH website: https://access.redhat.com/sites/defa..._jcs_print.pdf

Never notice that the link above has been posted.

Try this link also: https://github.com/bertvv/cheat-shee...ter/src/EL7.md

If you are a subscriber of RH, get help from their support. Anyway, you're paying for it.

Good luck!