Re: macchanger - is it still working?
Am Sonntag, 24. April 2022, 15:00:21 CEST schrieb Reco:
Hi Reco,
> Hi.
>
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 02:34:44PM +0200, Hans wrote:
> > I discovered, that macchanger does not change my mac-adresses at every
> > boot, like the installation promised.
>
> Because that's disabled by default.
Nope. The installer expicity is asking "if I want macchanger change the mac
whenever the device is activated". Yes/No, I set "Yes". Check dpkg-reconfigure
macchanger.
>
> > So I looked around and I found some explanations in an Ubuntu forum.
> > This is tellingm, I need to add a systemd.service, so that this is
> > executed at every boot:
> > https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/05/how-to-permanently-change-mac-addres
> > s.html
> >
> > Of course, I could do so.
>
> This link only shows us that if the only thing one has is systemd then
> everything will look as a systemd unit. An interesting approach to the
> unit template though.
Yes, that is the question: Should it be added so by default?
>
> > However, if this is changed, because Debian is using systemd now, and
> > macchanger is not adapted to this changes of Debian, should I file a
> > bugreport?
>
> Of course not. What you should probably do is to enable changing MACs in
> /etc/default/macchanger. And probably look at
> /etc/macchanger/ifupdown.sh for the implementation details.
>
I rechecked, and everything is set as YES.
>
> Doing the same thing with systemd would take a drastically different
> approach, involving creation of .link files.
I know, and this should be done by the maintainer, if necessary and wanted.
>
> Reco
Best
Hans
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