bug#21019: ifconfig doesn't allow mac change for devices

2015-07-10 Thread Mark H Weaver
a...@gnu.org (Alfred M. Szmidt) writes: > That is correct, GNU ifconfig does not support setting the MAC > address. Guix also includes the 'iproute2' package, which includes a program called 'ip' that can do the same kinds of jobs as 'ifconfig'. I've successfully used it in the past to se

bug#20381: Interacting with a remote daemon

2015-07-10 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
Ludovic Courtès writes: > What about installing Guix in /gnu/bin (say) and sharing it over NFS? > > I would avoid installing Guix in a profile, because if things go wrong, > you may find yourself unable to do anything. In practice, you can > always roll-back by hand (it’s simply a matter of swi

bug#21019: [bug-inetutils] bug#21019: ifconfig doesn't allow mac change for devices

2015-07-10 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
>> Hello, I am trying to install guixsd with the installation image, my wireless >> internet provider allows me for only one MAC. The command I use to change the >> card mac on other distros and installation images is: >> >> ifconfig device hw ether NewMacAdress >> >> But wit

bug#20381: Interacting with a remote daemon

2015-07-10 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Ricardo Wurmus skribis: > I just tried the socat idea[1] with some success. > > On the guix-builder host where guix-daemon is running and the NFS share > holding ‘/gnu’ (with $localstatedir set to ‘/gnu/var’) is mounted as > read-write I executed this: > > /root/.guix-profile/bin/socat TCP4-L

bug#21019: ifconfig doesn't allow mac change for devices

2015-07-10 Thread Ludovic Courtès
[+ Cc: bug-inetutils] Alex Kost skribis: > i...@danieleparisi.me i...@danieleparisi.me (2015-07-09 21:16 +0300) wrote: > >> Hello, I am trying to install guixsd with the installation image, my wireless >> internet provider allows me for only one MAC. The command I use to change the >> card mac o

bug#21019: ifconfig doesn't allow mac change for devices

2015-07-10 Thread i...@danieleparisi.me i...@danieleparisi.me
> On July 10, 2015 at 1:58 AM Alex Kost wrote: > Did you try "ip link set address "? That command is not in the installation image.

bug#20381: Interacting with a remote daemon

2015-07-10 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
I just tried the socat idea[1] with some success. On the guix-builder host where guix-daemon is running and the NFS share holding ‘/gnu’ (with $localstatedir set to ‘/gnu/var’) is mounted as read-write I executed this: /root/.guix-profile/bin/socat TCP4-LISTEN: UNIX:/gnu/var/guix/daemon-