Sarang Lakare wrote:
>
> >
> > grep IP /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
>
> This i thought was the best of all the solutions!.. it gives a bad output
> though which i'll have to filter out somehow..
>
> btw, I want to know the IP as a user.. so cant' run ifconfig..
>
> This, I think is the bottleneck of linux and _has_ to be improved.. Why
> shldn't a user know his own IP address?? why does he have to be root to do
> that!! its rediculous!..
>
> -sarang
Users don't have IP addresses: devices do...
As a non-root user, this works grandly, and is SIMPLE:
$/sbin/ifconfig | grep "inet addr:"
Ron
--
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
| Jefferson, LA USA WWW : [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
| |
| Most overused words: feel, cool/kewl, fun, myBlah.com |
| Most underused word: think |
+----------------------------------------------------------+
