I figured it out. It is an oversight in the macaddress.rb file for facter. I've already fixed it on my computer and I will open a bug to have it fixed.
This only affects darwin nodes. --- Thanks, Allan Marcus 505-667-5666 On Apr 29, 2010, at 11:46 AM, Marcus, Allan B wrote: > How does puppet determine the macaccess fact? For example, my MacPro has two > enternet ports. > > macaddress => 00:25:00:ef:fb:ce > macaddress_en0 => 00:25:00:ef:cf:a1 > macaddress_en1 => 00:25:00:ef:fb:ce > > if I change the wire to the other port (and set the IP address appropriately > in network), I get the same factor results. It seems factor always report en1 > as the "macaddress". Is "macaddress" supposed to be the active mac address? I > suppose it would be difficult to determine 'active' if the computer was > plugged into two networks at the same time, but that is rarely the case in my > environment. > > Any ideas on how to get the 'active' mac address? > > > > > > --- > Thanks, > > Allan Marcus > 505-667-5666 > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
