randomized mac addresses, avaliable via 'ifconfig $if lladdr random'.

Note that not all device drivers do the work of the SIOCSIFLLADDR ioctl
correctly, but this is just more reason to get them fixed.
ok beck kettenis

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
index e3195a2327c..52efd5a2038 100644
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.192 2009/11/23 19:58:10 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.193 2010/04/02 21:16:24 deraadt Exp $
 .\"	$NetBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.11 1996/01/04 21:27:29 pk Exp $
 .\"     $FreeBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.16 1998/02/01 07:03:29 steve Exp $
 .\"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)ifconfig.8	8.4 (Berkeley) 6/1/94
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: November 23 2009 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: April 2 2010 $
 .Dt IFCONFIG 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -286,9 +286,10 @@ for some Ethernet cards.
 Refer to the man page for the specific driver for more information.
 .It Fl link[0-2]
 Disable special processing at the link level with the specified interface.
-.It Cm lladdr Ar etheraddr
+.It Cm lladdr Ar etheraddr\*(Ba Ns Cm random
 Change the link layer address (MAC address) of the interface.
-This should be specified as six colon-separated hex values.
+This should be specified as six colon-separated hex values, or can
+be chosen randomly.
 .It Cm media Op Ar type
 Set the media type of the interface to
 .Ar type .