Re: How to activate MAC address randomization?

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> So, you had the right version of wpa-supplicant but it didn't work?
> Could you send a logfile of NM with TRACE logging enabled? 
It looks like the logging level is set to info by default.
> > As a side comment, If I use the "unsupported" wpa_supplicant version
> > (ie
> > the last stable), I cannot connect to the SSID if I ask for
> > randomization (always) and I have this error: "active connection
> > removed
> > before it was initialized". Of course, this doesn't happen if I build
> > wpa_supplicant from their master branch.
> that would be expected, no?

Yes, absolutely. It was just a comment to show that the master version
shows a different behavior, which is a positive signal.


> You should also see a message in the logfile:
> "Activation: (wifi) couldn't build wireless configuration: 802-11-
> wireless: cannot enable mac-randomization due to missing supplicant
> support"
> This is is what I get on Fedora 23.
I have the same.


I dumped the useful journalctl part here:
pastebin.com/QKvfgyP0

my config (just for info)
pastebin.com/3KQTwXFA


Thanks.

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