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.
