X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65DF99FB54C for ; Sat, 2 Sep 2006 20:16:15 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 54462-04 for ; Sat, 2 Sep 2006 20:16:10 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from wolff.to (wolff.to [66.93.197.194]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5F6749FB54B for ; Sat, 2 Sep 2006 20:16:10 -0300 (ADT) Received: (qmail 28263 invoked by uid 500); 2 Sep 2006 23:24:28 -0000 Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 18:24:28 -0500 From: Bruno Wolff III To: Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Mac Address Message-ID: <20060902232428.GA26633@wolff.to> Mail-Followup-To: Bruno Wolff III , Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha , pgsql-sql@postgresql.org References: <55c095e90609021342u1728b3farc198d0c87dd7bb83@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <55c095e90609021342u1728b3farc198d0c87dd7bb83@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.033 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200609/13 X-Sequence-Number: 26224 On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 17:42:29 -0300, Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha 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.