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From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to>
To: Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha <ezequias.rocha@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Mac Address
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 18:24:28 -0500
Message-ID: <20060902232428.GA26633@wolff.to> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <55c095e90609021342u1728b3farc198d0c87dd7bb83@mail.gmail.com>
References: <55c095e90609021342u1728b3farc198d0c87dd7bb83@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 17:42:29 -0300,
  Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha <ezequias.rocha@gmail.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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