<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re:Adding /sbin and /usr/sbin to everyone's path in F10 From: Matthew Miller <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mattdm@mattdm.org"><mattdm@mattdm.org></a> To: Development discussions related to Fedora <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:fedora-devel-list@redhat.com"><fedora-devel-list@redhat.com></a> Date: 04/23/2008 06:21 PM <blockquote cite="mid:20080423232153.GD25147@jadzia.bu.edu" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:50:23PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">What happens if a debian user types 'ifconfig' to find his IP address? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">$ ifconfig -bash: ifconfig: command not found </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> If the goal here is "provide users with an easy way to find their ip address", I don't think changing how one calls an arcane command like ifconfig is really the solution. Instead, there should be a shell script named something like "myip", which will then just return that. </pre> </blockquote> If Fedora's supposed target is a "regular desktop user" they will want to use Network Manager to find their IP address. Right click on NM-applet and Show Info. Done. Leave ifconfig alone. Creating a new script won't solve anything. Normal users consider the terminal a "piece of crap" to put it lightly. </body> </html>