Kali network manager blocks macchanger in rolling release?

[MissingAName]

Hi everyone,

I stumbled over some strange behaviour with macchanger in the latest rolling release of Kali

When I change the MAC of my wifi card to a specific MAC address and enable the interface, the MAC is changed again.
Even though the ifupdown.sh script in /etc/default/macchanger has been disabeld

root@kali:/etc/default# cat macchanger 
# before bringing up any network interface, run macchanger. Careful, this is
# not guaranteed to prevent leaking your real MAC address before the new one
# gets assigned!
#
ENABLE_ON_POST_UP_DOWN=false

root@kali:/etc/default# uname -a
Linux kali 4.7.0-kali1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.7.6-1kali1 (2016-10-17) x86_64 GNU/Linux


# by default, macchanger runs on all network interfaces but loopback (lo).  If
# you only want it to run on specific network interfaces, set them here:
#
#ENABLE_INTERFACES="wlan0"


root@kali:/etc/NetworkManager# macchanger --mac=b4:30:52:9b:43:b5 wlan0
Current MAC:   00:30:a2:ab:f5:3c (Lightner Engineering)
Permanent MAC: 18:a6:f7:1c:f9:b7 (unknown)
New MAC:       b4:30:52:9b:43:b5 (unknown)
root@kali:/etc/NetworkManager# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether b4:30:52:9b:43:b5  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

root@kali:/etc/NetworkManager# ifconfig wlan0 up
root@kali:/etc/NetworkManager# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 76:67:e9:b2:fe:22  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

Am I blind or what do I miss here?

[mmusket33]

Read thru this thread and see if it helps you. There are several ways to approach the problem. This is MTeams solution but there are others.

https://forums.kali.org/showthread.p...ight=netManmac

Musket Teams

[regi]

I use external device for my wifi connection. In kali sana i can change that device's mac with TW but in rolling when i change
my external device mac , i cant connect to web or it is changed to it real mac auto !!!
My pc's wifi card is ok and it's mac cxan be changed by MACCHANGER . I use external device for good wifi speed only .
So where is the problem ??
I can change mac in windows of that device without problem , why not in rolling ?

Please help this noob guys.

Thanks.

[harryboberries]

This has been covered on the forum. It worked for me.

https://forums.kali.org/showthread.p...-randomizes-it

[Mendaxiom]

What happens if you change your MAC with hwether ?

[regi]

What happens if you change your MAC with hwether ?

hwether ? pls explain.