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NAMEIF(8)                      Linux System Administrator's Manual                      NAMEIF(8)



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       This  program is obsolete.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.



net-tools                                   2008-10-03                                  NAMEIF(8)

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