>I am working on some terminal licensing code that uses the MAC address from the server and from the client to generate a license key. Unfortunately, I have several clients using Linux Samba Servers, and the code does not successfully capture the MAC from the linux server.
Hmm, if the network card in the Samba server is changed, it will get a different MAC address, and your licencing scheme will break (?)
The Samba server will have a unique (to that subnet) NetBIOS name (just like Windows servers do), which should not change regardless of any hardware changes. Might it not be more reliable to use that?
Regards. Al
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