Am Sonntag, 24. April 2022, 16:53:49 CEST schrieb David Wright: Hi David, > So what are the contents of /etc/default/macchanger (after all, > putting ENABLE_ON_POST_UP_DOWN=YES would be interpreted as the > default, ENABLE_ON_POST_UP_DOWN=false), and what's getting logged > in /var/log/macchanger.log? >
It is set =YES > It might be worth checking when macchanger is attempting to make its > change and see how this compares with when systemd is changing the > name of the relevant interface. > It can be changed, whenever I set the interface to down (so that it is not in use), thus telling me, macchanger is generally working. > BTW, looking at the package, the last entry in > /usr/share/doc/macchanger/changelog.gz is dated 2004-05-10 and the > last in /usr/share/doc/macchanger/changelog.Debian.gz 17 Jun 2018. Hmm, there are some similar bugreports related to this issue, too. Let us hope, the mainatiner does fix them. > > As you're running systemd, any reason you're avoiding using its > own method? > Yes, because it does not work! However, for me personally I can fix it by editing those files myself. But I am thinking of all the other people, who want software, that is working. For myself, I will often find a solution, but I know a lot of people, who are much less experienced than myself - those are in my mind (and are in the devlopers, too, I hope). > Cheers, > David. Best Hans
