1NAMEIF(8)               Linux's Administrator's Manual               NAMEIF(8)
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NAME

6       nameif - name network interfaces based on MAC addresses
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SYNOPSIS

9       nameif [-c configfile] [-s]
10       nameif [-c configfile] [-s] {interface macaddress}
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DESCRIPTION

13       nameif renames network interfaces based on mac addresses. When no argu‐
14       ments are given /etc/mactab is read.  Each  line   of  it  contains  an
15       interface  name and a Ethernet MAC address. Comments are allowed start‐
16       ing with #.  Otherwise the interfaces specified on the command line are
17       processed.   nameif  looks for the interface with the given MAC address
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20       When the -s argument is given all error messages go to the syslog.
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22       When the -c argument is given with  a  file  name  that  file  is  read
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NOTES

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

31       /etc/mactab
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BUGS

34       Only works for Ethernet currently.
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38net-tools                         18 Oct 2000                        NAMEIF(8)