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Manpages NAMEIFSection: Linux's Administrator's Manual (8)Updated: 18 Oct 2000 Index Return to Main Contents NAMEnameif - name network interfaces based on MAC addressesSYNOPSISnameif [-c configfile] [-s]nameif [-c configfile] [-s] {interface macaddress} DESCRIPTIONnameif 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. NOTESnameif should be run before the interface is up, otherwise it'll fail.FILES/etc/mactabBUGSOnly works for Ethernet currently.
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