Re: macchanger - is it still working?
On Sun 24 Apr 2022 at 19:50:14 (+0300), Reco wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 03:23:55PM +0200, Hans wrote:
> > I rechecked, and everything is set as YES.
>
> And that's the source of your problem, believe it or not.
>
> Because what /etc/macchanger/ifupdown.sh does is it explicitly checks
> for "true" value:
>
> if [ "$ENABLE_ON_POST_UP_DOWN" != "true" ]; then
> echo "disabled in /etc/default/${package}" >> $LOGFILE
> exit
> fi
>
> Anything else, be it "TRUE", "YES" or "y" is considered "disabled" by
> that check.
>
> Now if "YES" appeared in /etc/default/macchanger by means of running
> debconf - that's a bug in the package. Either debconf template or
> ifupdown.sh should be changed to account that "YES" value.
As might be expected, both debconf and, on this, macchanger get a
clean bill of health:
# grep ENA /etc/default/macchanger
ENABLE_ON_POST_UP_DOWN=false
#ENABLE_INTERFACES="wlan0"
# dpkg-reconfigure macchanger
┌────────────────────────┤ Configuring macchanger ├─────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ Please specify whether macchanger should be set up to run automatically │
│ every time a network device is brought up or down. This gives a new MAC │
│ address whenever you attach an ethernet cable or reenable wifi. │
│ │
│ Change MAC automatically? │
│ │
│ <Yes> <No> │
│ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
# grep ENA /etc/default/macchanger
ENABLE_ON_POST_UP_DOWN=true
#ENABLE_INTERFACES="wlan0"
# apt-get purge macchanger
Cheers,
David.
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