Re: IP address

[Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>]

"John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@abilitiessoft.org> writes:

> 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.
>
> John
>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 05:41:27PM +0200, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
>> * John J. Boyer <john.boyer@abilitiessoft.org> [2015-07-17 08:32 -0500]:
>> 
>> > I have Jessie set up for CLI only. The machine is on a local network 
>> > using dhcp. What command will tell me what ip address it is using?
>> 
>> $ dig  +short `hostname -f`

I'd be really surprised if there were no ifconfig on your system.  Maybe
a path issue?  Try /sbin/ifconfig

What do you mean when you say "inappropriate"?
-- 
"Erwin, have you seen the cat?" -- Mrs. Shrödinger