On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 10:07:01AM -0400, Ric Moore wrote: > "ifconfig" has to be run as root. > ric@iam:~$ sudo ifconfig > [sudo] password for ric: > enp8s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
This is not correct, if you are just using it to view an interface rather than to change the interface. ifconfig lives in the /sbin directory, which is not in the default PATH that user accounts get when they login. It *is* in the PATH that you get when you run su, or sudo. That's why it works when you slap sudo in front of it. You could also simply run /sbin/ifconfig directly. Or, you could change your PATH variable to include the /sbin directory. Either of these will let you run ifconfig without root privileges.
