changing MAC adr. with script - suse9.2 pro

[alkalilake]

hi

I want to change (have to - internet connection is bound to my other network card) my MAC address on my laptop

I did this with ifconfig...., but it's pretty anoying to type it every startup, therefore I wanted to do this via script

problem is I don't know how to write such a script
I'd be very gratefull, if someone could explain me how to do it (preferably in easy words -> newbie)

OS: Suse 9.2 Pro

thanks

[swemic]

You could allways create a script in your /etc/init.d directory where you set your own "ifconfig" commands in.

Content of script file (e.g. changeMac)

#!/bin/bash
ifconfig eth0 ether 00:11:22:33:44:55

Then you should do a couple of symlinks as well

ln -s /etc/init.d/changeMac /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S99changeMac
ln -s /etc/init.d/changeMac /etc/init.d/rc5.d/S99changeMac

Thats just about it.

Yeah, don't forgett to do "/etc/init.d/changeMac" executable

chmod u+x /etc/init.d/changeMac