Not a bug!  ifconfig is a root command and is not "found" or accessible 
if you are a regular user.  It's supposed to be that way!  Try "su 
 root"  (no quotes), and enter root's password.  You'll have better luck.

Garrett

Sam MacDonald wrote:

> So I "ifconfig" and it doesn't work, I get  "ifconfig: not found"
>
> I used su to change to super user, entered the password, same result
>
> When I do "man ifconfig" the manual page is there.
>
> Red Hat 8.0 is the OS right from the CD
>
> So I logout as my account
>
> (BTW anyone know how to force text mode start up in RH 8?)
>    [Not everything needs to be graphical]
>
> I login as root
>
> I open a console and "ifconfig" works fine.
>
> Just a bug?





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