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Re: IP address



I have net-tools. ifconfig works only for root. WHY? On other distros 
ordinary users can use it.

John

On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 08:01:29PM +0200, Simon Brandmair wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 07/17/2015 07:50 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> > None of these solutions work. ifconfig is not available on Jessie. ip 
> > seems to be inapropriate. dig produces nothing. I have used ifconfig on 
> > other distros.
> 
> ifconfig is available if you install net-tools.
> And what do you mean with "ip seems to be inapropriate"? `ip addr` works
> fine here on Jessie.
> 
> Cheers,
> Simon
> 
> 
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