[SunHELP] How can i get the MAC address

[Joe Pampel]

I didn't realize that.. makes sense though!
Thanks!

>>> Jeremy RJ Towers <jeremytowers at yahoo.co.uk> 06/18/02 10:39AM >>>
ifconfig -a only returns the MAC address if you are root, it does not
return it as a normal user.

HTH

Jeremy


-Mark Sailer- wrote:

>ifconfig -a doesn't return the mac address.
>Try arp hostname.  This will give you IP and MAC
>address
>
>Mark
>
>--- Joe Pampel <joe at ardsley.com> wrote:
>
>
>>For host ID:  just type "hostid"  This will return
>>the hex host ID.
>>For hostname, type "hostname" This will return the
>>given machine name.
>>
>>For the MAC address, type "ifconfig -a"  This will
>>return all info about your
>>interfaces including the MAC addresses.
>>
>>hth
>>
>>Joe
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>>>"Zakaria A. Mattar" <zmattar at atc.com.sa>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>06/18/02 08:10AM >>>
>>Hello there,
>>How can i get the MAC address, and the host id for a
>>sparc machine while
>>its up.
>>
>>Zakaria A. Mattar
>>Advanced Telecom Co.
>>Operation Engineer
>>Tel:   +966 1 4601877/114
>>Fax:   +966 1 4601988
>>Email: zmattar at atc.com.sa
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