Re: [K12OSN] Printing Debacle; Getting a MAC Address

[Julius Szelagiewicz <julius turtle com>]

Larry,
	as root you can run the following script to get mac address:
station=$(set|grep DISPLAY|cut -d"=" -f2|cut -d"." -f1)
addr=$(grep $station /var/log/messages|grep bound|tail -1|awk '{print $8}')
mac=$(grep $addr /var/log/messages|grep DHCPACK|tail -1|awk '{print $10}')
echo $mac

On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Larry Mateo wrote:

> Red Hat Linux release 7.3 (Valhalla)
> Kernal: 2.4.18-27.7.xsmp
>
> I'm using Oracle NIC computers with the K12LTSP system.  Anyone out
> there know of a way to determine the MAC address of the computer via
> Linux when or after a user logs in?
>
> We have a new system that I will be installing next week for 5th and
> 6th graders.  There will be seven classrooms and up to 300 students.
> Any student can potentially log in and print from any Oracle NIC in any
> classroom.  I need to find a way in which printing for any specific
> student will be sent to the printer in the classroom in which the
> student is working.  Rather than have the student select a printer--my
> backup plan--I would like to bind each Oracle NIC's printing output to a
> specific printer based upon the Oracle NIC's MAC address.
>
> Printing will be through Mozilla and various Star Office applications.
>
> I am, of course, open to other solutions.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Larry Mateo
> Network Technician II
> Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District
> larrym fsusd k12 ca us
>