bash command for 'ipconfig' equivalent?

**Phaete** · 05-25-2002, 01:11 PM

There MUST be a bash command that can be used to display/release/renew the dhcp assigned ip address (ipconfig or winipcfg equivalent).

I'm finding that I'm not only poor at the Windows->Linux conversion ... I must not be to enter search strings well either.

**Schotty** · 05-25-2002, 01:17 PM

Are you talking about this:

Code:

ifdown eth0
ifup eth0

Thats what I did when I used DHCP and wanted a renewal. Plus IIRC, RedHat, Mandrake, and SuSE all had tools to do that. Of course, you need to be root to do this.

**cloverm** · 05-25-2002, 01:18 PM

Also: /sbin/ifconfig

**Compunuts** · 05-25-2002, 03:17 PM

Yeah actually "ifconfig" is the equivalent to "ipconfig" in WinNT and ifconfig have much more ....

**Phaete** · 05-25-2002, 04:41 PM

I had come across the 'ifconfig' command in my searching, however not that I needed to be root to run (actually, I can run it as 'me' if explicitly define the path ... maybe the 'me' user is setup with too many rights

)

Thanks much. I found the man page for it and arp, etc. I appreciate the steering!

**Killer_Penguin** · 05-26-2002, 05:58 AM

I had come across the 'ifconfig' command in my searching, however not that I needed to be root to run (actually, I can run it as 'me' if explicitly define the path ... maybe the 'me' user is setup with too many rights

)

Thanks much. I found the man page for it and arp, etc. I appreciate the steering!

No, ifconfig can be ran by non-root users, but for information only. It can not be used to SET anything.