And contrary to popular belief, you don't HAVE to be root to run ifconfig.
The only problem is it's not in the usual users's PATH. So you'll have to
either edit your PATH, or just type out the entire path location.
[timh@r2d2 timh]$ /sbin/ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
inet addr:xx.xxx.xxx.xxx Bcast:xx.xxx.xxx.xxx Mask:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:199344 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:59512 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
collisions:3 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:47204234 (45.0 Mb) TX bytes:7346415 (7.0 Mb)
Interrupt:3 Base address:0x9400
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:82920 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:82920 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:6202238 (5.9 Mb) TX bytes:6202238 (5.9 Mb)
As you can see that was not done as the root user! :0) You may want to create
an alias to it or something. Like showip or something like that. Just make
the needed edit to your $HOME/.aliases file.
tdh
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| On Thursday 21 June 2001 01:56 pm, Terry wrote:
| > I'm curious ..
| >
| > How can I determine what my IP address is from my local machine? Is
| > there a command similar to M$'s "IPCONFIG" command?
|
| Yes,
|
| try 'netstat', or 'ifconfig' (as root)
|
| ifconfig is probly what you want
|
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| Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
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