NAMEIF(8) Linux's Administrator's Manual NAMEIF(8)NAMEnameif - name network interfaces based on MAC addresses
SYNOPSISnameif [-c configfile] [-s]
nameif [-c configfile] [-s] [interface macaddress]
nameif [-c configfile] [-r] [newifname oldifname]
DESCRIPTIONnameif renames network interfaces based on mac addresses or interface
names. 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 or old interface name and renames it to the name
given.
OPTIONS
[-s|--syslog]
Log all error messages to syslog.
[-r|--rename]
Rename the interface given by oldifname to the new name newifâ
name without consulting any macaddress.
[-c|--config-file configfile]
Read configfile 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 18 Oct 2000 NAMEIF(8)