max bianco wrote:
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 7:21 PM, Matthew Miller
<mattdm(a)mattdm.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:50:23PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> > > What happens if a debian user types 'ifconfig' to find his IP
address?
> > $ ifconfig
> > -bash: ifconfig: command not found
>
>
> 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.
>
+1 but you can get your ip from the network applet, how many "average"
users are dropping to a terminal to do anything?
In which case, why continue to argue that users will be confused that
ifconfig is in their path? By your argument users have applets and
powerusers have the terminal where /sbin/ would be a great convenience
to them.
-Toshio