0003828: When changing Mac Address with macchanger my MAC address reverts to orginal one

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0003828	Kali Linux	General Bug	public	2017-01-12 00:04	2017-01-31 15:13

Reporter	Ecocomp01	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	major	Reproducibility	always
Status	resolved	Resolution	won't fix
Product Version	2016.2

Summary	0003828: When changing Mac Address with macchanger my MAC address reverts to orginal one
Description	I have tried to change my mac address which I have done in the past without any problem. Today I was able to change both my eth0 and wlan0 but when i go to sign into wifi my mac address changes back to the original one. Why is this happening?
Steps To Reproduce	ifconfig -a (Original Mac addresses) ifconfig eth0 down macchanger -a eth0 ifconfig eth0 up ifconfig wlan0 down macchanger -a wlan0 ifconfig wlan0 up ifconfig -a (New Mac Addresses) I then select network and sign in wifi ifconfig -a (Original Mac addresses)

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2017-01-12 00:04	Ecocomp01	New Issue
2017-01-31 15:13	sbrun	Status	new => resolved
2017-01-31 15:13	sbrun	Resolution	open => won't fix
2017-01-31 15:13	sbrun	Note Added: 0006291

sbrun 2017-01-31 15:13 manager ~0006291	it's because you are using network-manager. You have to configure network-manager to not use/clone the original mac address.