On Monday 08 September 2003 18:35, Anna G. Zapata wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am running Red Hat 8.0. When I run ifconfig as a user, I cannot see what
> the IP address is of my box. However, when I switch to being a root user
> (su -) and run ifconfig, I can see the IP address. How do I set my $PATH
> so I can run ifconfig as a regular user? Or is this possible?
The main reason for a user not having access to programs like ifconfig is
basicly a user has no need to use programs a admin would normally use so
those programs are not in a users path, however i am sure if you type;
/usr/sbin/ifconfig as a user {Note the full path is given on the command line}
then it shuld produce the desired results.
> Here is the user path:
>
> -bash: /usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/azapata/bin
>
> Root path:
>
> -bash:
> /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin/X11:/
>u sr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin
Yes thats basicly as it should be, /usr/sbin and /sbin are System spesific and
normally speaking are for the system operator.
There is nothig stopping you adding /sbin and /usr/sbin to a users path,
however it is not a nix done thing as per the above mentioned reason.
I am sure others will point out other reasons as well.
>
> Let me know if I am missing any useful information.
No i think is more a need to understand that there is a "root" user and a
"normal" user on all linux systems.
root = the superuser and therefor can do what he wants.
user = a normal user and cant do what he wants, he can only do what "root"
lets him/her do.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Anna Zapata
>
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