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? _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list