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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       This  program  is  obsolete.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 func-
       tionality is also much better provided by udev methods.

DESCRIPTION
       nameif 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.

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)