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}
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
BUGS
Only works for Ethernet currently.
net-tools 2008-10-03 NAMEIF(8)