Re: Trying to override MAC addr

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On 08/21/2014 11:47 AM, GKH wrote:
> Robert,
> Sorry Dude. I did not mean to make things worse.
> All I wanted to say is this: It can be done via
> the ifconfig command.
>
> Now,
>
> # systemctl status network.service

This tells me you are not using Centos6 which does not have systemd. Or 
at least not my systems.

>
> Tells me that network services still depend on:
>
> "ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/network start"
>
> Good! File: "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth"
>
> Says: "39 # bail out, if the MAC does not fit"
>
> Ok, perfect. As you already guessed we need to make this change
> early on. However, if all else fails, you can always source
> a custom script here and problem solved.

I hope to get a conf file setup to do the work.

>
> I know, this is not elegant. But as an SA who sometimes needs to
> do dirty deeds...
>
> Again, apologies if I am being too simplistic/stupid here.
>
> GKH
>
>
>> On 08/21/2014 10:56 AM, GKH wrote:
>>> I just did it like this:
>>>
>>> ifconfig enp3s0
>>>
>>> enp3s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
>>>           inet 10.241.27.154  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 10.241.27.255
>>>           inet6 fe80::210:18ff:fe04:4d0  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
>>>           ether 00:10:18:04:04:d0  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
>>>           RX packets 429591  bytes 41991957 (40.0 MiB)
>>>           RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
>>>           TX packets 249536  bytes 19108398 (18.2 MiB)
>>>           TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
>>>           device interrupt 18
>>>
>>> ifconfig enp3s0 hw ether 00:10:18:04:04:d7
>>>
>>> ifconfig enp3s0
>>> enp3s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
>>>           inet 10.241.27.154  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 10.241.27.255
>>>           inet6 fe80::210:18ff:fe04:4d0  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
>>>           ether 00:10:18:04:04:d7  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
>>>           RX packets 429615  bytes 41994383 (40.0 MiB)
>>>           RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
>>>           TX packets 249549  bytes 19109350 (18.2 MiB)
>>>           TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
>>>           device interrupt 18
>>> Done!
>>>
>>> -GKH
>> I need the changes to be permanent to apply across boots.  Thus using
>> ifcfg-eth0 rather than ifconfig.
>>
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>>>> On 08/21/2014 10:32 AM, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>>> Keith Keller wrote:
>>>>>> On 2014-08-21, John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 8/21/2014 7:09 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>>>>>>> I am trying to override the mac addr.
>>>>>>> pretty sure you need to use NIC model specific utilities to do this,
>>>>>>> ifcfg-ethN won't do it.   the hwaddr= in there is for finding the nic,
>>>>>>> not for reprogramming it.
>>>>>> ifconfig claims to support it:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>           hw class address
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>> Also, don't forget /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistant-net.rules
>>>> I can't forget what I don't know.  please point me to description of
>>>> these rules?
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