NAMEIF(8) Linux System 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This program is obsolete.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 methods.
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 2008-10-03 NAMEIF(8)
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NCFTOOL(1) Network Configuration NCFTOOL(1)NAME
ncftool - Network configuration tool
SYNOPSIS
ncftool [command [options]]
DESCRIPTION
ncftool is a command line utility to configure networking. It can be invoked with no arguments to bring up the interactive ncftool shell.
Alternatively a command and optional arguments can be specified to have ncftool execute the command non-interactively.
COMMANDS
list [--macs] [--all] [--inactive]
List the currently configured toplevel network interfaces
[--macs] - show MAC addresses
[--all] - show all (up & down) interfaces
[--inactive] - show only inactive (down) interfaces
dumpxml [--mac] [--live] name
Dump the XML description of an interface
[--mac] - interpret the name as MAC address
[--live] - include information about the live interface
name - the name of the interface
define xmlfile
Define an interface from the specified XML file.
undefine iface
Remove the configuration of the specified interface.
ifup iface
Bring up specified interface.
ifdown iface
Bring down specified interface.
change-begin
Mark the beginning of a set of revertible network configuration changes.
change-commit
Commit (make permanent) a set of network configuration changes begun with change-begin.
change-rollback
Rollback (revert) a set of network configuration changes begun with change-begin.
help [command]
Print details about command, if specified, or list all commands if command is not specified.
quit
Exit the program.
SEE ALSO
interfaces (5)
AUTHORS
Please refer to the AUTHORS file distributed with netcf.
netcf-0.2.2 2012-12-20 NCFTOOL(1)
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