[issue32199] uuid.getnode() should return the MAC address on Android

[Xavier de Gaye]

Xavier de Gaye <xdegaye at gmail.com> added the comment:

The result of various 'ip' commands on Android, the last 'ip link list' command is run as root and succeeds (did not think about trying that before):

generic_x86_64:/data/local/tmp/python $ ip link list
request send failed: Permission denied

1|generic_x86_64:/data/local/tmp/python $ ip link help
request send failed: Permission denied

1|generic_x86_64:/data/local/tmp/python $ ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 02:00:00:44:55:66 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: hwsim0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default 
    link/ieee802.11/radiotap 12:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
6: sit0: <NOARP> mtu 1480 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default 
    link/sit 0.0.0.0 brd 0.0.0.0
8: radio0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 22:d5:92:86:1a:d8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

generic_x86_64:/data/local/tmp/python # ip link list
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 02:00:00:44:55:66 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: hwsim0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default 
    link/ieee802.11/radiotap 12:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
6: sit0: <NOARP> mtu 1480 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default 
    link/sit 0.0.0.0 brd 0.0.0.0
8: radio0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 22:d5:92:86:1a:d8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

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