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Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage?]



On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 10:07:01AM -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> "ifconfig" has to be run as root.
> ric@iam:~$ sudo ifconfig
> [sudo] password for ric:
> enp8s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500

This is not correct, if you are just using it to view an interface rather
than to change the interface.

ifconfig lives in the /sbin directory, which is not in the default PATH
that user accounts get when they login.  It *is* in the PATH that you
get when you run su, or sudo.  That's why it works when you slap sudo
in front of it.

You could also simply run /sbin/ifconfig directly.  Or, you could change
your PATH variable to include the /sbin directory.  Either of these will
let you run ifconfig without root privileges.


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