On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > max bianco wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 7:21 PM, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx> 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? > > > > All of them when something doesn't work and they call their sysadmin friend > that has known how to check the ip address on unix-like systems for decades. > You aren't doing anyone a favor by making that difficult. > > Fair enough, there are obviously good arguments either way. In this situation , in that situation....we could go in circles till hell freezes over. A power user can figure it out and the rest I'd rather not have screwing around in a terminal, even if the worst they can do is just screw up their /home/1user because ultimately someone will have to go down their because 1user called his sysadmin buddy and memorized a few commands and subsequently really screwed the pooch because they thought "Now i'm an expert too!!" Max -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
