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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}

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

BUGS
       Only works for Ethernet currently.



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