On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 09:09:11 -0400 Hendrik Boom <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 03:52:44PM +0200, Didier Kryn wrote: > > > > Note that a similar problem with disks has been solved > > elegantly by referencing disks by their uuid or label > > in /etc/fstab. Maybe /etc/network/interface could specify the MAC > > address as a hook. This would only suppose that the hotplugger > > creates a symlink to the interface in some /dev/net/by-address/ > > subdirectory. With this solution, it is up to the admin to decide > > if s?he wants a simple configuration based on interface name > > (eth0) or a secured one alla "Address=a0:d3:c1:9d:a5:86". > > It turns out that something like this already exists. The ifrename > command renames interfaces using a /etc/iftab file. But it is not > installed by default. > > Ifrename must be run before interfaces are brought up, > > So it seems to be something that has to be used during init or > hotplugging. > > Is it a systemdism? > > -- hendrik No, it seems to have been about since at least 2006: http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netos/article.php/3586546/Nail-Down-Network-Interface-Names-with-ifrename.htm Rowland _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
