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}


NOTE
       This  program  is obsolete. For replacement check ip link.  This functionality is also much better provided by udev meth-
       ods.


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


SEE ALSO
       ip(8), udev(7)


BUGS
       Only works for Ethernet currently.



net-tools                                                  18 Oct 2000                                                 NAMEIF(8)