"Ron Johnson, Jr." wrote:
>
> 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...
I know that.. my "their" i meant their machine's ;)
> As a non-root user, this works grandly, and is SIMPLE:
> $/sbin/ifconfig | grep "inet addr:"
users can't execute files in /sbin if you know
-sarang
>
> Ron
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