How to get the local mac address?

[bonono at gmail.com]

Steve Holden wrote:
> bonono at gmail.com wrote:
> > Steve Holden wrote:
> >
> >>Why should you want to associate a MAC address with a socket? Each
> >>interface has an IP address, and it's that you should be using.
> >
> > Say for example I want to find out the MAC if a particular interface in
> > python.
> >
> When you are asked "why would you want to do something" it isn't
> normally considered sufficient to reply "suppose I want to do
> something". I'm still trying to find out what use case (apart from
> curiosity) drives this need to know.
>
That is nothing but curiosity of why there is no such thing. I didn't
start a thread with "what the xyz@!% hell that I cannot get MAC address
through the socket module".

And I answer things the way I want to, if it does fit your expected
answer, there is nothing I can do. I am not here to convince you.