Your message dated Fri, 14 Dec 2018 22:25:41 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#916459: macchanger fails to work on backported kernel
of Debian 9.6
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regarding macchanger fails to work on backported kernel of Debian 9.6
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Package: macchanger
Version: 1.7.0-5.3+b1
Severity: grave
Tags: upstream
Justification: renders package unusable
Hi
As the subject line says, running
sudo macchanger eth0
does not result in a different MAC address
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.6
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.18.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages macchanger depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.61
ii dpkg 1.18.25
ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u3
macchanger recommends no packages.
macchanger suggests no packages.
-- debconf-show failed
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On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 05:32:21PM +0000, Alan Reding wrote:
> Package: macchanger
> Version: 1.7.0-5.3+b1
> Severity: grave
> Tags: upstream
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
> Hi
>
> As the subject line says, running
>
> sudo macchanger eth0
>
> does not result in a different MAC address
and is not expected to.
>From the manpage:
-s, --show
Prints the current MAC. This is the default action when no other
option is specified.
You were looking for something like
sudo macchanger -A eth0
cu
Adrian
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