DaanHoogland commented on a change in pull request #2653: Generate MAC address 
if the MAC in command addNicToVirtualMachine is invalid
URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/2653#discussion_r189795031
 
 

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 File path: server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
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 @@ -1228,6 +1230,19 @@ public UserVm addNicToVirtualMachine(AddNicToVMCmd cmd) 
throws InvalidParameterV
         return _vmDao.findById(vmInstance.getId());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * If the given MAC address is invalid it replaces the given MAC with the 
next available MAC address
+     */
+    protected String validateOrReplaceMacAddress(String macAddress, long 
networkId) {
+        if (!NetUtils.isValidMac(macAddress)) {
 
 Review comment:
   I am having second thoughts, when a user entered a MAC address but made a 
typo, we are now creating a new address for them, uncalled for. shouldn't we 
have refused and thrown some horrible thing instead?

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