Re: MAC address

#1 (**permalink**) 02-18-2008, 07:39 AM

> > Hello.
> > I wonder, why not to allow root to change MAC address via ifconfig?
> > Anyway root can change it via well-known sea.c.
>
> This has been debated, ad infinitum, on several online forums. The
> argument seems to boil down to, "why would one want to do such a
> thing?" That is, most of us have never really heard a good argument
> why this feature or option exists in the first place.
>
> As you say, if you are one of the rare cases where this needs to be
> done, there is a well-known patch.
>
> Insert the usual remark about this not being appropriate for tech@,
> &etc. I think the misc@ archives contains some of the old arguments
> aver this.

None of this is really true.

It has just never been coded up cleanly by anyone. Everyone has submitted
hacks.

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