Re: [expert] How to see IP address?

[Gavin Clark]

just off the top of my head; a user can get his IP by
getting the hostname then pinging it.

$hostname
bob.my-ip.com
$ ping bob.my-ip.com
PING bob.my-ip.com (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)  <= there's your ip

it's clunky but, hey
G

>>> btw, I want to know the IP as a user.. so cant' run ifconfig..
>>> 
>>> This, I think is the bottleneck of linux and _has_ to be improved.. Why
>>> shldn't a user know his own IP address?? why does he have to be root to do
>>> that!! its rediculous!..
>>>