Re: Ping

[Ian Dixon <zippller optonline net>]

Francisco Ruiz wrote:

> I'm logged in as user ruiz on a kde desktop and when I start a root
> terminal I get this.
>
> Password:
> [root ruizhp ruiz]# ifconfig
> bash: ifconfig: command not found
> [root ruizhp ruiz]#
when you change to root use command su -l and then your password. You 
should then be able to use ifconfig as requested.

> Anyway I went to a tui by cntrl alt f1 and logged in as root and I get
> the 
> eth0 and a the info from it 
>
> but I don't see the 
> lo  part of it.
> I've compared with another machine and this is all the difference I see.
>
> On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 11:43, Bob McClure Jr wrote:
>  
>
> > On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 11:12:40AM -0500, Francisco Ruiz wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > Why can't I ping localhost and the name of my machine.  I have checked
> > > the hosts file all ok thats all I know to check.
> > > --
> > > Francisco Ruiz <fruiz tsitrucks com>
> > > TSI
> > >      
> > What error message do you get?
> >
> > Please post the results of (as root)
> >
> >  ifconfig
> >
> > Also post your /etc/hosts and /etc/host.conf.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >