Script to set mac address

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/bin/NS2SetMac.sh b/bin/NS2SetMac.sh
index 51810ae..e6111c7 100755
--- a/bin/NS2SetMac.sh
+++ b/bin/NS2SetMac.sh
@@ -1,22 +1,34 @@
-# store/set MAC address for given interface
+# this script is part of networksettings2 package
+# purpose : set fixed MAC address for network devices that
+#           have random addresses (like usb)
+#
+
 NS2MacStore=/etc/NS2
 
 [ ! -d ${NS2MacStore} ] && mkdir ${NS2MacStore}
 
 if [ -z "$1" ]
 then 
   exit 0
 fi
 
 if [ -f ${NS2MacStore}/$1.mac ] 
 then
   # set this mac
-  /sbin/ifconfig $1 hw ether `cat ${NS2MacStore}/$1.mac`
+  X=`cat ${NS2MacStore}/$1.mac`
+  if [ ! -z "$X" ]
+  then
+    /sbin/ifconfig $1 hw ether $X
+  fi
 else
   # remember current mac for all times
   X=`/sbin/ifconfig $1 | grep HWaddr`
   X=${X#*HWaddr } # strip till HWaddr
   X=${X%% *} # remove trailing spaces
+  if [ ! -z "$X" ]
+  then
+    # valid mac address
   echo ${X} > ${NS2MacStore}/$1.mac
 fi
+fi
 exit 0