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   On 15/09/2024 21:58, Lars Poulsen wrote:   
   > On 9/14/2024 3:31 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 08:37:58 -0700, Lars Poulsen wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 9/13/2024 6:37 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Fri, 13 Sep 2024 16:49:58 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Oh. its network manager that does it   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I disable NetworkManager on machines I consider “servers” or   
   >>>> “infrastructure”. Then I manually configure the network interfaces.   
   >>>   
   >>> So how do I manually configure the ethernet port to use the hardware MAC   
   >>> address?   
   >>   
   >> Every NIC has a built-in address, which it should default to.   
   >>   
   >> Or, a quick look at the docs   
   >>  gives   
   >>   
   >>      ip link set «device» address «addr»   
   >   
   > Not quite responsive:   
   > 1) I do not want to invent a MAC address, I want to tell it to use the   
   > manufacturer's supposedly unique default address AFTER the   
   > OS/driver/network-manager/whatever has already wiped it out during the   
   > boot process. Your command example assumes that I know what it is.   
   > 2)As you can see in the subject line, I am running Fedora, not   
   > rasp(b)ian. Even if Fedora's GUI does not work on the RP4, I would   
   > rather run headless than have to learn Debian system management after a   
   > decade of living in RedHat world.   
   >   
   >   
   Unfortunately you are probably the only one here that is using RedHat on   
   a Pi.   
      
   AFAIK, ethernet defaults to 'one permanent MAC address' - its only wifi   
   that tends to switch around for security in public wifi spaces.   
      
   Have you actually checked to see if you are getting ethernet randomisation?   
   ifconfig -a will display it   
      
      
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