On Fri 17 Jul 2015 at 14:47:09 -0400, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote:

> On 7/17/15, Jape Person <jap...@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > I think ifconfig isn't a package.
> >
> > By default on my Jessie systems it's under /sbin.
> >
> > If
> >
> > $ ifconfig -a
> >
> > doesn't work, then
> >
> > $ /sbin/ifconfig -a
> >
> > probably will.
> 
> 
> Ah-HA! I usually remember to try going that route if something
> suggested here doesn't work right offhand. Didn't remember this time.
> Trying it as root just now worked. Regular user gets the "bash:
> ifconfig: command not found" error message. :)

When you used '/sbin/ifconfig -a' you were not root. What makes you
think you were?


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