ethtool : command not found

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hi,
I am uising Suse linux on my system and i tried :
man ethtool and i got the manual for ethtool but when i tried to use the command as:
ethtool -a eth0
it says Command not found.
also, i tried rpm -qa|grep ethtool i got:
ethtool-3-15.2 so,it means my system has ethtool server or package installed then why i am unable to use this command and getting output as: command not found

2

rpm -ql ethtool will tell you that it's installed in /usr/sbin, which is not in the PATH for normal users. Run it using the absolute path, but this will still only allow you to query the device, not set any parameters.

3

ok,now i moved to /usr/sbin and tried : ethtool eth0
but nothing happens.
I i also tried ls |grep ethtool in /usr/sbin dir
no output. What is the correct way to use ethtool if as a nornal user i can't use it.

4

Run either

~> /usr/sbin/ethtool eth0

or

/usr/sbin> ./ethtool eth0

If neither works, try logging in as root and running it, or run it via su/sudo

5

thanks pludi
I become root user and it works:
ethtool eth0

thanks,
salil