[NTLUG:Discuss] Basic terminal question

[brad angelcyk]

# export PATH=$PATH:/sbin
# ifconfig
# shutdown -r now



On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 01:05:38 -0600, Bradley's List Address
<Brad.List at thingbuilder.com> wrote:
> 
> > <Brad.List at thingbuilder.com> wrote:
> > > When using the terminal in my Fedora 2 machines, "ifconfig" is not
> > > recoginized, but works in a SUSE 9.2 terminal.
> > >
> > try:
> > su -c ifconfig
> >
> > > The command "shutdown" works in Fedora , but is not recognized in SUSE.
> >
> > Try:
> > su -c shudtown -now
> > or
> > su -c shutdown -t 10
> > to shutdown in 10 seconds
> >
> > In other words, ... may be, or could it be, that you need root privileges?
> >
> 
> As root, su -c ifconfig didn't work in Fedora but /sbin/ifconfig, did.
> In SUSE su -c shutdown -now didn't work but /sbin/shutdown -now, did.
> 
> To Steve Baker: I will check out .profile and .login. These are the kinds of
> hints that really help me.
> 
> Thanks,
> Bradley
> 
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