Re: Problems with ifconfig in Fedora 8

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On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 09:26 +0100, Stuart Sears wrote:
> Pedro Jose wrote:
> > Hello:
> > 
> > In a Fedora 8, and also in a Centos 5.1, when I open a terminal and I
> > login as root, I type ifconfig, but the command is not detected.
> > However, when I go to a tty, Cntrl + Alt + F1, for example, and I
> > login as root, ifconfig is recongnized.
> > you are saying does not apply.
> > How can I fix it?
> 
> The ifconfig command is in /sbin, which is not on a normal users PATH.
He said he loged in as root so what you are saying does not apply.


> 
> so, you can do one of 2 things:
> * type /sbin/ifconfig
> 
> or
> *change your path to include /sbin (and if you are going to do that, you 
> may as well add /usr/sbin as well)
> 
> in /home/YOURUSER/.bash_profile:
> 
> (at the bottom, ideally)
> 
> export PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin
> 
> and then logout and login again
> 
> > 
> > (Sorry for my english, I'm spanish)
> 
> not a problem. My Spanish is lousy. :)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Stuart
> -- 
> Stuart Sears RHCA etc.
> 
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