Public bug reported:
/etc/network/interfaces (see interfaces(5)) allows for setting hwaddress
on ethernet adapters. This is needed by users whose ISPs restrict
handing out DHCP leases to a fixed MAC address. In earlier releases
this worked fine. Here is an example interfaces:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
hwaddress ether 0cdb128acfe5
However on feisty this is completely ignored by /etc/init.d/networking.
Further complicating matters is that it seems we have yet another file that
stores static networking information (/etc/iftab) which also wants to store MAC
addresses. Anytime you store the same information in multiple places you're
asking for trouble. Please consolidate /etc/iftab and /etc/network/interfaces
and also make sure users can set MAC addresses on boot via this file.
A workaround is to do this by hand i.e.:
ifconfig down eth0 hw ether 0c:db:12:8a:cf:e5
ifconfig up eth0
dhclient
** Affects: Ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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/etc/init.d/networking does not respect hwaddress
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/118613
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