On Fri 17 Jul 2015 at 13:25:35 -0500, John J. Boyer wrote: > I have net-tools. ifconfig works only for root. WHY? On other distros > ordinary users can use it. That's a change of tack! It started with "I cannot find a file but on other distros users are more capable" and has now become "ifconfig works only for root", which is a demonstrable nonsense. After so many responses to your question your only reply is "thank you".