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Re: Show Sl0 IP to normal user
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tigran Aivazian)
Wed Apr 17 13:12:03 1996
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 16:32:51 +0000 (GMT)
From: Tigran Aivazian <tigran@zetnet.co.uk>
To: Bas Rijniersce <basrijn@hacom.nl>
cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19960416184729.006b3460@hacom.nl>
On Tue, 16 Apr 1996, Bas Rijniersce wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a program that shows the current (dynamicly assigned) IP for the
> slip inerface to a normal user. I want to write a script that will be
> executed by a normal user (my father, I don't want him to log-in as root
> :))) that will send an E-mail message to me with the current IP adres. This
> script will be executed after dip has made a Cslip connection to the Net (I
> will be in Engeland, my parents will be in Holland, and I want to have a
> telnet chat with them :-)).
> Both ifconfig and route are root-only :(
> Do you have any suggestions?
Yes, as you said use ifconfig(8) command. And no, it is not "root-only".
There is no harm in allowing everyone execute ifconfig (they wont be able
to up/down interfaces anyway).
The only problem is - if you dont want your dad to login as root, how are
you going to run dip? It requires root to up the sl0 interface and configure
routing tables.
Regards,
Tigran.
