RANDMAC(1)

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version 0.2 · 2 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

🦋 randmac — the manual, but make it cute ✨

okay bestie, so this is the randmac page from the General Commands Manual 💖 she's a little utility, she's lowkey iconic, and she's about to hand you a random MAC address like it's a friendship bracelet. let's go 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

randmac — generate random MAC addresses ✨

🫶 SYNOPSIS 🫶

randmac [options]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So basically randmac prints a random MAC address. that's it. that's the whole job. and honestly? she ate. 💀✨

the way this utility was designed though — it's specifically for handing random MAC addresses to the interfaces of virtual machines. like, that's her whole purpose in life. main character energy fr fr. 👑

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

  • -l, --local — generate a local administered MAC 🍓
  • -g, --global — generate a global unique MAC 💙
  • -u, --unicast — generate a MAC for unicast 📬
  • -m, --multicast — generate a MAC for multicast 📢
  • -U, --uppercase — print the hex digits in UPPERCASE 🔠
  • -e, --eui64 — generate an EUI64 address 🧚
  • -o oui_addr, --oui oui_addr — set the Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI) yourself, queen 👑
  • -v vendor, --vendor vendor — set the OUI of a specific vendor 🏷️
  • -q, --qemu — set the standard OUI of qemu/kvm 🖥️
  • -x, --xen — set the standard OUI of xen 🦎
  • -h, --help — display a short help message and exit, no cap 📖

⭐ EXAMPLE ⭐

okay so imagine you wanna start a kvm VM using a random generated MAC address (while preserving the standard qemu's OUI, obviously 💅). it's giving:

$ qemu-system-x86_64 -accel kvm ... \
  -device e1000,netdev=vde0,mac=`randmac -q` \
  -netdev vde,id=vde0,sock=vde://

literally so clean. obsessed. 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

💜 AUTHOR 💜

VirtualSquare. Project leader: Renzo Davoli. ✨

VirtualSquare · December 2022 🎀

k that's the whole page bestie, go forth and randomize those MACs 💖🦋 no cap, periodt ✨

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