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  1. howdydoody123 revised this gist Jun 22, 2015. 1 changed file with 5 additions and 6 deletions.
    11 changes: 5 additions & 6 deletions easy_mac.py
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    @@ -37,21 +37,20 @@ def make_mac():


    def set_mac(dev, mac):
    cmd = 'sudo ifconfig {} down'.format(dev)
    cmd = 'sudo ip link set down dev {}'.format(dev)
    subprocess.call(cmd.split())
    cmd = 'sudo ifconfig {} hw ether {}'.format(dev, mac)
    cmd = 'sudo ip link set dev {} address {}'.format(dev, mac)
    subprocess.call(cmd.split())
    cmd = 'sudo ifconfig {} up'.format(dev)
    cmd = 'sudo ip link set up dev {}'.format(dev)
    subprocess.call(cmd.split())


    def get_root():
    euid = os.geteuid()
    if euid != 0:
    print '[-] You didn\'t run as root!'
    print '[-] Running sudo now...'
    args = ['sudo', sys.executable] + sys.argv + [os.environ]
    os.execlpe('sudo', *args)
    print '[-] Exiting...'
    sys.exit(1)


    def main():
  2. howdydoody123 created this gist Jun 21, 2015.
    70 changes: 70 additions & 0 deletions easy_mac.py
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    '''
    Easy Mac
    Copyright (2015) Sean Beck
    Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
    Easily change your MAC address on Linux using `ifconfig`
    '''
    #!/usr/bin/python2.7

    import argparse
    import os
    import random
    import subprocess
    import sys


    def get_args():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument('-d', type=str, help='The interface ID whose MAC you wish to change')
    return parser.parse_args()


    def make_mac():
    '''
    Makes the MAC look like a VMware MAC address
    '''
    mac = [
    0x00,
    0x05,
    0x69,
    random.randint(0x00, 0x7f),
    random.randint(0x00, 0xff),
    random.randint(0x00, 0xff)
    ]
    return ':'.join('{0:02X}'.format(n) for n in mac)


    def set_mac(dev, mac):
    cmd = 'sudo ifconfig {} down'.format(dev)
    subprocess.call(cmd.split())
    cmd = 'sudo ifconfig {} hw ether {}'.format(dev, mac)
    subprocess.call(cmd.split())
    cmd = 'sudo ifconfig {} up'.format(dev)
    subprocess.call(cmd.split())


    def get_root():
    euid = os.geteuid()
    if euid != 0:
    print '[-] You didn\'t run as root!'
    print '[-] Running sudo now...'
    args = ['sudo', sys.executable] + sys.argv + [os.environ]
    os.execlpe('sudo', *args)


    def main():
    get_root()
    args = get_args()
    if not args.d:
    print '[-] Please specify a target device'
    sys.exit(1)
    mac = make_mac()
    print '[+] Generated MAC with value', mac
    set_mac(args.d, mac)
    print '[+] MAC is now changed'


    if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()