NAMEIF   (8) manpage
NAMEIF
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18 Oct 2000
net-tools
Linux's Administrator's Manual
  • 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.
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