On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 19:25:45 -0500 David Wright <[email protected]> wrote:
> Quoting John J. Boyer ([email protected]): > > Thanks for all of your answers. The problem was that ifconfig is in sbin > > not bin. > > I think you're better off forgetting about ifconfig and using ip in > its place; that's the direction things are heading. From Packages: > > Package: iproute2 > ... > Description: networking and traffic control tools > The iproute2 suite is a collection of utilities for networking and > traffic control. > . > These tools communicate with the Linux kernel via the (rt)netlink > interface, providing advanced features not available through the > legacy net-tools commands 'ifconfig' and 'route'. > > Cheers, > David. > > the output of ip is a bit of a mess. valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever what the hell ? i have no idea what tha means. i know i'll do man ip, it's probably got an explanation. no. it doesn't. ifconfig output is much easier to look at. too bad that it's defaulted to /sbin because it would definitely be easier for a noobie to understand. but that's just my, uh, opinion, man... Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
