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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}

NOTE
       This  program  is  obsolete. For replacement check ip link.  This func‐
       tionality is also much better provided by udev methods.

DESCRIPTION
       nameif 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.

NOTES
       nameif should be run before the interface is up, otherwise it'll fail.

FILES
       /etc/mactab

SEE ALSO
       ip(8), udev(7)

BUGS
       Only works for Ethernet currently.

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

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