Bug 510094 – "Failed to set MAC address" if set mac_${IFACE}="random-*" in /etc/conf.d/net

• Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 504458
• Product: Gentoo Hosted Projects

[Description no-person 2014-05-11 20:08:42 UTC]

net-analyzer/macchanger-1.6.0
net-misc/netifrc-0.2.2

mac_${IFACE}="random-ending"
mac_${IFACE}="random-samekind"
mac_${IFACE}="random-anykind"
mac_${IFACE}="random-full"

Any of this values in /etc/conf.d/net cause "Failed to set MAC address" when /etc/init.d/net.$[IFACE} starting. Found problem in /lib64/netifrc/net/macchanger.sh, sed trying to parse different output from macchanger (probably output from previous stable version of macchanger).

[Comment 1 no-person 2014-05-11 20:54:56 UTC]

Output examples:

mac_${IFACE}="random-ending"
macchanger -e eth0
Current MAC:   11:11:11:11:11:11 (unknown)
Permanent MAC: 22:22:22:22:22:22 (Some Corporation)
New MAC:       11:11:11:33:33:33 (unknown)

mac_${IFACE}="random-samekind"
macchanger -a eth0
Current MAC:   11:11:11:11:11:11 (unknown)
Permanent MAC: 22:22:22:22:22:22 (Some Corporation)
New MAC:       33:33:33:33:33:33 (unknown)

mac_${IFACE}="random-anykind"
macchanger -A eth0
Current MAC:   11:11:11:11:11:11 (unknown)
Permanent MAC: 22:22:22:22:22:22 (Some Corporation)
New MAC:       33:33:33:33:33:33 (unknown)

mac_${IFACE}="random-full"
macchanger -r eth0
Current MAC:   11:11:11:11:11:11 (unknown)
Permanent MAC: 22:22:22:22:22:22 (Some Corporation)
New MAC:       33:33:33:33:33:33 (unknown)

[Comment 2 no-person 2014-05-11 21:20:47 UTC]

Changes from this link, fix that problem.

http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/netifrc.git;a=commitdiff;h=fc69aa3192ad56b4527248820e3a628da3a91809;hp=47d23f5abdac4a2bd95bcbbaadacf994773cbf51

[Comment 3 kfm 2021-07-11 07:24:21 UTC]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 504458 ***