NAMEIF(8) Linux System Administrator's Manual NAMEIF(8)NAMEnameif - name network interfaces based on MAC addresses
SYNOPSISnameif [-c configfile] [-s]
nameif [-c configfile] [-s] {interface macaddress}
NOTE
This program is obsolete. For replacement check ip link. This func‐
tionality is also much better provided by udev methods.
DESCRIPTIONnameif renames network interfaces based on mac addresses. When no argu‐
ments are given /etc/mactab is read. Each line of it contains an
interface name and a Ethernet MAC address. Comments are allowed start‐
ing 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.
NOTESnameif should be run before the interface is up, otherwise it'll fail.
FILES
/etc/mactab
SEE ALSOip(8), udev(7)BUGS
Only works for Ethernet currently.
net-tools 2008-10-03 NAMEIF(8)