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Re: macchanger - is it still working?

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On Sun 24 Apr 2022 at 15:23:55 (+0200), Hans wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 24. April 2022, 15:00:21 CEST schrieb Reco:
> > 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.

So what are the contents of /etc/default/macchanger (after all,
putting ENABLE_ON_POST_UP_DOWN=YES would be interpreted as the
default, ENABLE_ON_POST_UP_DOWN=false), and what's getting logged
in /var/log/macchanger.log?

It might be worth checking when macchanger is attempting to make its
change and see how this compares with when systemd is changing the
name of the relevant interface.

> > 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.

BTW, looking at the package, the last entry in
/usr/share/doc/macchanger/changelog.gz is dated 2004-05-10 and the
last in /usr/share/doc/macchanger/changelog.Debian.gz 17 Jun 2018.

As you're running systemd, any reason you're avoiding using its
own method?

Cheers,
David.

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    Re: macchanger - is it still working? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2022-04-24 15:30 +0200
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        Re: macchanger - is it still working? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2022-04-24 16:50 +0200
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        Re: macchanger - is it still working? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2022-04-24 17:10 +0200
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        Re: macchanger - is it still working? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2022-04-24 19:30 +0200
        Re: macchanger - is it still working? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-04-24 20:50 +0200
        Re: macchanger - is it still working? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2022-05-09 09:00 +0200
          Re: macchanger - is it still working? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-05-09 19:30 +0200
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            Re: macchanger - is it still working? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2022-05-13 16:30 +0200
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