NAMEIF
Section: Linux System Administrator's Manual (8)
Updated: 2008-10-03
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NAME
nameif - name network interfaces based on MAC addresses
SYNOPSIS
nameif [-c configfile] [-s]
nameif [-c configfile] [-s] {interface macaddress}
NOTE
This program is obsolete. For replacement check ip link.
This functionality is also much better provided by udev methods.
DESCRIPTION
nameif
renames network interfaces based on mac addresses. When no arguments are
given
/etc/mactab
is read. Each line of it contains an interface name and a Ethernet MAC
address. Comments are allowed starting with #.
Otherwise the interfaces specified on the command line are processed.
nameif
looks for the interface with the given MAC address and renames it to the
name given.
When the
-s
argument is given all error messages go to the syslog.
When the
-c
argument is given with a file name that file is read instead of /etc/mactab.
NOTES
nameif
should be run before the interface is up, otherwise it'll fail.
FILES
/etc/mactab
SEE ALSO
ip(8),
udev(7)
BUGS
Only works for Ethernet currently.