Chris Laprise: > On 12/15/2016 01:58 PM, Reg Tiangha wrote: >> On 12/15/2016 11:50 AM, qubenix wrote: >>> I've used the docs[1] to randomize my MAC on sys-net with debian-9 as >>> it's template. At first everything was working normal, but I've noticed >>> now that my MAC is only randomized until I connect to a network. At that >>> point it switches back to the original MAC. Anyone else experiencing >>> this? >>> >>> Second issue is that it seems my eth0 is never randomized. Any users >>> with the same experience? >>> >>> [1] https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/anonymizing-your-mac-address/ >>> >> I've had that happen ever since I tried it so I just assumed it was a >> bug or a hardware issue that doesn't allow my wifi adapter to change. If >> there's a workaround or an extra package to install to make it work >> properly, I'd love to hear it. I get the same issue with NM on Debian 9 >> or Fedora 25, as well as the macchanger method. It does scramble the MAC >> address when it's not connected to an access point, but reverts to the >> original one once it connects to a network. > > > The main issue here is that the correct config keyword > "cloned-mac-address" reverted to an incorrect (non-)keyword > "assigned-mac-address" that was used in an earlier version (see > https://github.com/tasket/qubes-doc/commit/27dcc6f142d627293d7788cbd5610b4f6b4f2df5 > ). > > Somehow this got changed back to the original, mistaken keyword here: > https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-doc/commit/a9a82bedf092eec13e774dc50cbc6f83f0ef2182 > > > The "assigned-mac-address" is a property for NM's dbus interface ...not > in the config parser where "cloned-mac-address" is used (see gnome.org > link below). > > -- > > With that said, there is an actual NM bug where it ignores randomization > settings when connecting to an AP. This bug bit me and the workaround > was to use a newly-created netVM instead of existing one so that old NM > connection data was not present in the new configuration. That's why the > instructions say to create a new netVM. > > https://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2016-October/msg00019.html > > > > Chris >
Ah, that was my mistake/commit. I apologize, I did not see this documented before. Thank you for helping me to realize this confusing situation. The worst part, really, is that the only place in the man pages where random vs. stable is documented is in the section that specifies that `cloned-mac-address` is deprecated!?! It would be really nice if this were also doc'd in the `keyfile` or `ifcfg` pages. So now the Qubes docs have to point to a page that is going to recreate this situation over again. Relevant NetworkManager doc pages: https://developer.gnome.org/NetworkManager/1.4/nm-settings.html https://developer.gnome.org/NetworkManager/1.4/nm-settings-keyfile.html https://developer.gnome.org/NetworkManager/1.4/nm-settings-ifcfg-rh.html -- qubenix GPG: B536812904D455B491DCDCDD04BE1E61A3C2E500 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/73d2e3f7-3552-74e9-0a66-763ef72287e3%40riseup.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
