#1126093 macchanger: Please include some files in macchanger

Package:
macchanger
Source:
macchanger
Description:
utility for manipulating the MAC address of network interfaces
Submitter:
Hans
Date:
2026-01-21 18:23:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1126093#5
Date:
2026-01-21 18:21:19 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

according to this site

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/MAC_address_spoofing#macchanger_2

it is needed to add some files manually, if you want to get a mac address change at boot.

However, as I think this might not be so easy for unexperiences people and for conveniance, it would be nice, if
you could the needed files into your package.

This would make anything much much easier for everyone.

If you do would like to do so, people could easily activate or deactivate mac changing for any device by simply doing the
command:

systemctl enable wlan0

or any device shown by ifconfig.

Plese note: Activating the option of "changing macaddress at activating of device", which is done by dpkg during installation does NOT work (do not know, if it is a bug).

It would be nice, if you would agree to my suggestion. This will also be usefull for live sytems i.e. kali-linux or similar.

Thank you for reading and your help.

Best regards

Hans