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Mmm. I had no idea either. I was surprised to see how old the linked article is! I'm not a sysadmin, but I use Linux every day. Just can't keep up anymore...
by mathw 9y ago
Mmm. I had no idea either. I was surprised to see how old the linked article is!
I'm not a sysadmin, but I use Linux every day. Just can't keep up anymore...
- pnutjam 9y agoI'm a sysadmin and I hadn't heard this until last year. It explains why only root can do an ifconfig on SLES, but anyone can run 'ip a'
- shmerl 9y agoIn Debian both of them sit in /sbin so it boils down to whether /sbin is in the PATH by default. I think it better should be, rather than not.