error restarting network card

[signature16]

when i try to restart eth0 it gives me an error. why?




brenden@linuxdesktop ~ $ /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart
* Caching service dependencies ...
rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/init.d/depcache': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/init.d/deptree': Permission denied
/bin/mktemp: cannot create temp file /var/lib/init.d/depcache.XmdJuNM: Permission denied
* Failed to create temporary cache!
bash: /var/lib/init.d/depcache: Permission denied
rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/init.d/deptree': Permission denied
:0: assertion failed: system(rm -f /var/lib/init.d/deptree)
gawk: /lib/rcscripts/awk/gendepends.awk:440: fatal: can't redirect to `/var/lib/init.d/deptree' (Permission denied)
touch: cannot touch `/var/lib/init.d/depcache': Permission denied
touch: cannot touch `/var/lib/init.d/deptree': Permission denied
* Failed to cache service dependencies [ !! ]

* Error running '/sbin/depscan.sh'!
* Please correct any problems above.
brenden@linuxdesktop ~ $ ifconfig -a
bash: ifconfig: command not found

[stickboy2642]

From the prompt and the error messages you are reporting, it looks to me as though you are running this command as a standard user. Try running it as root.
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