From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 04:43:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 04:43:15 -0400 Received: from adsl-63-194-239-202.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net ([63.194.239.202]:58356 "EHLO mmp-linux.matchmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 04:43:14 -0400 Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 01:45:15 -0700 From: Mike Fedyk To: Stevie O Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Renaming internal names of network interfaces Message-ID: <20020408084515.GQ961@matchmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: Stevie O , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020407013139.00acf4d0@whisper.qrpff.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 01:42:08AM -0500, Stevie O wrote: > I recall some discussions of MAC address changing, etc., and some of the messages referred to a way of changing the name Linux (and thus anything using SIOGETIF or whatever) uses to refer to an interface. I can't remember any specifics, so I can't find anything in archives :( Could someone please point me in the right direction? > Check out bin/ip from the iproute package (in debian at least) specifically "ip link name" "ip link help" should help. Mike