On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 12:44:38PM +1030, Darryl Ross wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hey All, > > I think people have misunderstood what my question was. > > I guissing that there is a function call in the kernel network code that > returns the MAC address of the interface. The return value of this call > would be displayed by ifconfig as the HWaddr. > > All I am after is a way of configuring the vserver with the MAC address I > want returned by that function call. It doesn't need to be used anywhere > else for the real networking functionality, as long as inside the vserver > (I guess for context != [01]) ifconfig shows the virtual MAC address. > > Hopefully that clears up any confusion I've created.
ah, well, that already works! ;) but of course, all packages will use the 'real' MAC of the 'real' interface (atm), so you might use it to 'trick' software checking the MAC with said syscall/ioctl/netlink but you will not be able to trace packets by MAC ... for now ... HTH, Herbert > Regards > Darryl > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFBt7UO/XQ6DbmPjokRAkW9AJ0WXJ0j+0WE0VYRMp7cXakj1jJ2oQCfQbZl > RgKA7H8NtiGOjIeBt56xwDk= > =jwgI > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Vserver mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
