eth0 not working

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Gbenga Shobowale wrote:

> On 4/6/06, Washington, CJ (OCTO) <CJ.Washington at dc.gov> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> I don't understand why but when I used the command below, I was logged in as
>> one of the users of the machine and the command failed.  Then I logged in as
>> root and reissued the command.  It worked fine.  I guess you have to be
>> logged in as root in order for the eth0 to work.  But I have not tried the
>> same thing using one of the user accounts created on the system.
>
> Users on they system don't have permission to restart eth0 just
> root..what you should do is run as root temporary then exit after you
> are done
> su -
> it should as for root password...

Users can't run "service network restart", but they can run ifup/ifdown, 
if eth0 is configured to do so.  Run system-config-network, edit interface 
eth0 and check the box to allow users to control the interface.

>
>
>>
>> Can someone please explain this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> C
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
>> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of
>> Guillermo Garron
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 4:59 PM
>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
>> Subject: Re: eth0 not working
>>
>> Try
>>
>> /etc/init.d/network restart
>>
>> and what is the output on the screen.
>>
>> regards,
>>
>>
>> Washington, CJ (OCTO) wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I just started using Fedora Core 5 and installed it on a Compaq
>>> Deskpro desktop. The install went fine but for some reason, I'm not
>>> able to ping outside of my own IP address. I think that there is an
>>> issue with the eth0 because when I went to shutdown the Kernel,
>>> everything shutdown except the eth0. It hung for hours. Is there
>>> anything special I need to do to get my Ethernet interface on the
>>> Desktop to work with Fedora Core 5? Before this, I was able to use the
>>> port when Windows XP was installed on the machine. Also, when I took a
>>> look at the hardware using the Linux GUI, it stated that the eth0 was
>>> enabled and working. Can you please assist?
>>>
>>> CJ Washington
>>>
>>> MPLS Engineer
>>>
>>> OCTO (DCNet)
>>>
>>> CCIE# 4683
>>>
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