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to: Jeff Shultz
from: Adam Flinton
date: 2002-11-15 17:09:38
subject: Re: ipconfig for Linux

From: "Adam Flinton" 


"Jeff Shultz"  wrote in message
news:3dd48855{at}w3.nls.net...
> Adam Flinton wrote:
>
> > ummmm yes Linux/Unix does have that....
> >
> > Oh I see....you want it's name.....
> >
> > ifconfig
> >
> Finally got it to work... didn't realize you had to be superuser to see
> your own IP address (sometimes the security _is_ silly).
>

It's always fun to type in ifconfig (& similar things) as a std user
& see it come up with "command not found". Generally the
quickest way to check is to type man  as the man pages
are globally accessible & if it's on board it should have a man page.

Adam

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