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NAMEIF(8) Linux System Administrator's Manual NAMEIF(8)
nameif - name network interfaces based on MAC addresses
nameif [-c configfile] [-s]
nameif [-c configfile] [-s] {interface macaddress}
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.
nameif should be run before the interface is up, otherwise it'll
fail.
/etc/mactab
Only works for Ethernet currently.
This page is part of the net-tools (networking utilities) project.
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net-tools 2008-10-03 NAMEIF(8)