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-rw-r--r--sysconfig.txt4
-rwxr-xr-xsysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown2
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sysconfig.txt b/sysconfig.txt
index ed31d3b4..b258a2d9 100644
--- a/sysconfig.txt
+++ b/sysconfig.txt
@@ -539,6 +539,10 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
use the specified source address for outgoing packets
HWADDR=
ethernet hardware address for this device
+ MACADDR=
+ Set the hardware address for this device to this.
+ Use of this in conjunction with HWADDR= may cause
+ unintended behavior.
If BOOTPROTO is not "none", then the only other item that
must be set is the DEVICE item; all the rest will be determined
diff --git a/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown b/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown
index d5d23c20..a6136d23 100755
--- a/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown
+++ b/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ fi
# Check to make sure the device is actually up
check_device_down ${DEVICE} && [ "$BOOTPROTO" != "dhcp" -a "$BOOTPROTO" != "bootp" ] && [ -n "$VLAN" -a "$VLAN" != "yes" ] && exit 0
-if [ -n "${HWADDR}" ]; then
+if [ -n "${HWADDR}" -a -z "${MACADDR}" ]; then
FOUNDMACADDR=`get_hwaddr ${REALDEVICE}`
if [ "${FOUNDMACADDR}" != "${HWADDR}" ]; then
NEWCONFIG=`fgrep -il "HWADDR=${HWADDR}" /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*`