Alexey Eremenko wrote:
Hi all !
Basic utilities such as "ifconfig" do not work under user account, but
only under root.
This problem doesn't happens in other distros. This is because normal
user has no /sbin on it's $PATH.
I think we should add
export PATH=/sbin;$PATH
To skeleton user account to fix this.
What do you think?
That's so for a good reason, these are commands that only root should
do, you wouldn't want users to take control of the system, shutting down
the system, services, making changes that affect the way the system
works, etc. at will. A normal user should only be capable of controlling
his/her account. Imagine every user being able to issue halt and heading
off to lunch, Windows uptime would look desireable by comparison.
If you are root and logged in as an ordinary user, you can use "sudo
<command>" which will prompt you for the root password, being root, you
should be the only one who knows it and the one for other users to get
mad at if you do something stupid to spoil their day. Fine if it's your
personal machine where you are the only other user.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> sudo ifconfig
root's password:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:22:40:0F:D2
inet addr:192.168.10.1 Bcast:192.168.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:22ff:fe40:fd2/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:7593909 errors:10 dropped:371 overruns:9 frame:0
TX packets:8944053 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1933089695 (1843.5 Mb) TX bytes:1468182934 (1400.1 Mb)
Interrupt:16 Base address:0x6000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:2650319 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2650319 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:390406030 (372.3 Mb) TX bytes:390406030 (372.3 Mb)
Regards
Sid.
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