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NAMEIF(8)		Linux's 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]
       nameif [-c configfile] [-r] [newifname oldifname]

DESCRIPTION
       nameif  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 newif‐
	      name without consulting any macaddress.

       [-c|--config-file configfile]
	      Read configfile 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			  18 Oct 2000			     NAMEIF(8)

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