From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Dec 29 13:21:17 1994 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id NAA05593 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 29 Dec 1994 13:21:17 -0800 Received: from grunt.grondar.za (grunt.grondar.za [196.7.18.129]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id NAA05580 for ; Thu, 29 Dec 1994 13:20:57 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grunt.grondar.za (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id XAA15161; Thu, 29 Dec 1994 23:20:07 +0200 Message-Id: <199412292120.XAA15161@grunt.grondar.za> X-Authentication-Warning: grunt.grondar.za: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Terry Lee cc: hackers@freebsd.org, mark@grunt.grondar.za Subject: Re: ifconfig -a? Date: Thu, 29 Dec 1994 23:20:06 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > Doesn't the SunOS version only show the ethernet address if run by > root? For reference, here is a SUNOS 4.1.3 run of "ifconfig -a" as a pleb user and as root: Script started on Thu Dec 29 23:12:32 1994 $ ifconfig -a le0: flags=63 inet 196.7.0.138 netmask fffffff0 broadcast 196.7.0.143 lo0: flags=49 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 $ su Password: # ifconfig -a le0: flags=63 inet 196.7.0.138 netmask fffffff0 broadcast 196.7.0.143 ether 8:0:20:18:d6:76 lo0: flags=49 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 # exit $ exit script done on Thu Dec 29 23:13:32 1994 -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200