[Lxc-users] Cannot start a container with a new MAC address

[Daniel Lezcano]

On 08/27/2010 06:11 PM, Sebastien Douche wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 14:25, Daniel Lezcano<daniel.lezcano at free.fr>  wrote:
>    
>> On 08/27/2010 11:27 AM, Sebastien Douche wrote:
>>      
>>> I created a container with an interface. I stop it, I change the MAC
>>> address, restart it:
>>>
>>> lxc-start: ioctl failure : Cannot assign requested address
>>> lxc-start: failed to setup hw address for 'eth0'
>>> lxc-start: failed to setup netdev
>>> lxc-start: failed to setup the network for 'vsonde43'
>>> lxc-start: failed to setup the container
>>> lxc-start: invalid sequence number 1. expected 2
>>>
>>>        
>> What is the hardware address value you are trying to setup ?
>>      
> ab:cd:48:00:xx:xx (ex: ab:cd:48:00:10:01). it works fine when I create
> a container with the value, but not when I change the value after the
> creation. If I switch to the initial value, it's works again.
>    

Is it a physical interface you move to the container ?
Is it possible to see the configuration file (at least the network 
section) ?

Thanks
   -- Daniel