On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 03:30:33PM -0400, Lamar Owen wrote: > On Friday, July 15, 2011 02:46:53 PM John R Pierce wrote: > > you -are- looking in /sbin/ right? Yes. I tried to install net-tools and found it was already installed, so I tried sbin. Thanks, John > > /sbin is not by default in a normal user's $PATH. > Excerpt below: > $ cat /etc/redhat-release > CentOS release 5.6 (Final) > $ ifconfig > -bash: ifconfig: command not found > $ su - > Password: > # ifconfig > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ......... > .... > # exit > $ /sbin/ifconfig > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ......... > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities