https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727204 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727204#c0 Summary: Bash says running ifconfig may require root privileges but it is not true Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.4 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: openSUSE 11.4 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Network AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: rbyshko@gmail.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0 user@linux:~> ifconfig Absolute path to 'ifconfig' is '/sbin/ifconfig', so running it may require superuser privileges (eg. root). Same happens with route. However programs can be run given full path i.e. /sbin/ifconfig. That's why the above error message es extremely annoying. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.