On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 03:23:55PM +0200, Hans wrote: > 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 > >
Hello Hans, I would suggest filing a bug at normal/wishlist priority against macchanger and pointing out that you need this to work with systemd. There are example files for writing the necessary systemd scripts: if one of those can be readily adapted, then it should be a relatively simple task. With every good wish, as ever, Andy Cater
