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Move man pages to sysadmin books update samples for route(8) (Debian Bug#400844, #368697 Danny Rathjens) update see also for ifconfig(8) (Debian Bug#365916 Dan Jacobs)
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.TH NAMEIF 8 "2008\-10\-03" "net\-tools" "Linux System Administrator's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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nameif \- name network interfaces based on MAC addresses
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B "nameif [\-c configfile] [\-s]"
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.br
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.B "nameif [\-c configfile] [\-s] {interface macaddress}"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B nameif
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renames network interfaces based on mac addresses. When no arguments are
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given
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.I /etc/mactab
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is read. Each line of it contains an interface name and a Ethernet MAC
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address. Comments are allowed starting with #.
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Otherwise the interfaces specified on the command line are processed.
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.I nameif
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looks for the interface with the given MAC address and renames it to the
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name given.
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When the
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.I \-s
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argument is given all error messages go to the syslog.
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When the
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.I \-c
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argument is given with a file name that file is read instead of /etc/mactab.
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.SH NOTES
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.I nameif
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should be run before the interface is up, otherwise it'll fail.
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.SH FILES
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/etc/mactab
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.SH BUGS
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Only works for Ethernet currently.
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