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Author: Didier Kryn
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Subject: Re: [DNG] How to stop udev from re-ordering devices
Le 23/06/2016 18:33, Rainer Weikusat a écrit :
> 'Assigning names based on
> MAC addresses' is problematic as a MAC address is a typically
> programmable property of a NIC. 

     Yes, *you*, the admin, can change the MAC address. The kernel won't 
do it, and the hotplugger will do it only if *you* edit the rules to do 
so. Not because you have the freedom to change the MAC addresses are you 
forced to give them random values.


     Didier


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