ifrename replacement

[Daniel Pittman]

marc <gmane at auxbuss.com> writes:
> Derek Broughton said...
>> marc wrote:
>> 
>> > I just tried to install ifrename on Dapper - which allows the renaming
>> > of interfaces - but it wants to remove a host of packages, including
>> > udev, hal, lvm2, and others.
>> > 
>> > ifrename works just fine on Badger, but what is the replacement, since
>> > ifrename seems impossible to install in any meaningful way.
>> > 
>> 
>> The replacement IS udev.  
>
> I was afraid of that. So, how does one solve the problem?

As Jordi Ferrando pointed out, edit /etc/iftab to fill in the details
you want.  The Ubuntu udev install will, out of the box, use that
information to rename your network interfaces to match.

See /etc/udev/rules.d/25-iftab.rules for the details of how this works,
which is to call the 'iftab_helper' script when a network device is
added.

Regards,
        Daniel
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