How to get the local mac address?

[bonono at gmail.com]

Steve Holden wrote:
> bonono at gmail.com wrote:
> > 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.
> > 
> Temper, temper.
> 
you can read my temper from what I write ?