Yep. I just ran a check as user with no problems.
Tim Holmes wrote:
>
> 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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