Re: Mac Address

From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
To: Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha <ezequias(dot)rocha(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Mac Address
Date: 2006-09-02 23:24:28
Message-ID: 20060902232428.GA26633@wolff.to
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On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 17:42:29 -0300,
Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha <ezequias(dot)rocha(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> It is possible to retrieve the MAC Address of a computer using a Postgresql
> function like others:

MAC Addresses are generally only transferred within a subnet and you aren't
going to be able to get them in the general case.

> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/functions-info.html
>
> I can retrieve a ip of some statement connection but I didn't find how to
> get the MAC Address. Is it possible ?

What is it that you are really trying to accomplish? There might be some
other solution than having to get the mac address of a remote computer.

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