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Permission denied when setting the MAC address

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http://askubuntu.com – I'm trying to set my mac address for my other computer on a newly installed Ubuntu with a brand new hard drive. While doing this I got “permission denied” from SIOCSIFFLAGS. My question is how can I get to the root of Ubuntu to get total control of my machine? (HowTos)

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Submitted by Songlist on 09/15/2012

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