From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 30 05:19:59 1994 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id FAA18299 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 30 Dec 1994 05:19:59 -0800 Received: from kryten.atinc.com (kryten.atinc.com [198.138.38.7]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id FAA18283; Fri, 30 Dec 1994 05:18:06 -0800 Received: (jmb@localhost) by kryten.atinc.com (8.6.9/8.3) id IAA24174; Fri, 30 Dec 1994 08:16:26 -0500 Date: Fri, 30 Dec 1994 08:16:20 -0500 (EST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Subject: Re: ifconfig -a To: David Dawes cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199412300427.AA26566@physics.su.OZ.AU> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk run as root on some sun's, ifconfig returns the ethernet address in addition to the usual information. run by everyone else the ethernet address is omitted. arp is NOT restricted; it has permissions of 2755. arp -a provides the ethernet address of all machines in the cache. what is the point of sun's ifconfig behaviour? why should we emulate this quirk? Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346