The ability to remotely SSH into a machine running an Ubuntu LiveCD can come in handy in many situations. The LiveCD supports a large variety of hardware and can be used to troubleshoot system problems on a machine where you have limited or no access. A user with limited skills can easily setup remote access [...]

You can find the MAC address of your system at the command line by using the ifconfig command. The ifconfig command will show you information on all your network interfaces. If no arguments are given ifconfig displays the status of the currently active interfaces.
You have to run this command as root or use sudo.

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You can find the IP address of your system at the command line by using the ifconfig command. The ifconfig command will show you information on all your network interfaces. If no arguments are given ifconfig displays the status of the currently active interfaces.
You have to run this command as root or use [...]