-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 45296 Nov 18 07:12 /sbin/ifconfig so I don't see a problem to execute it as user:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ id uid=1000(siemce) gid=1000(siemce) groups=1000(siemce) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ /sbin/ifconfig eth0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:20:77:38:29 inet addr:192.168.1.3 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:5249 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:5873 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:38 Base address:0xd400 On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 11:12:01PM -0500, Bryan Scaringe wrote: > How would a user find out the IP address assigned to > eth0. This is a normal user, not a sys-op, so he > doesn't have access to ifconfig. > > Thanks, > Bryan > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Marcin Kurc Indiana Institute of Technology System Administrator http://me.indtech.edu http://www.indtech.edu