Re: mac addresses OSR5 and Unixware

On 17 Jan, 16:12, b...@xxxxxxx (Bill Vermillion) wrote:
In article <fmnpsb$sb...@xxxxxxxx>, Ron Kirschner <r...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm trying to determine mac addresses of users telnet'ing to the server.
arp -a identifies local users, but not any remote users connected via VPN's
or otherwise.  Is there any way to get that info?

No. MAC address stay on the local network.  

Why do you want them? The user could, if you ask nicely, send them to
you.
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