nameif8
Name network interfaces based on mac addresses
Usage
nameif [-c
configfile]
[-s]
nameif [-c
configfile]
[-s]
interface
macaddress
Overview
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
Releases
13 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 2 times.