On 22.12.2015 20:19, Raphael Philipe wrote: > Hi > > I wanted to change the network interface name without using a custom > udev rule like 70-persistent-net.rules. > > To do that, In Debian 8, I created a network interface hardware config > file (/etc/sysconfig/hardware/config-ccw-0.0.xxxx) with the following > content: > > CCWGROUP_CHANS=(0.0.xxxx 0.0.xxxy 0.0.xxxz) > QETH_PORTNAME=OSAPORT > QETH_PORTNO=0 > QETH_OPTIONS=(layer2) > INTERFACE_NAME=ethfoo > > The interface is created and up properly. However the name of the > interface remains enccw0.0.xxxx > > Am I doing it right? > > obs.: xxxx stands for the device number of my network interface. > > I would appreciate if someone could take a look at this. > > Best regards, > Raphael Philipe Mendes da Silva. >
I have no Debian 8/jessie running presently. The following worked for me on testing. Source http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.link.html 1. Write a file /etc/systemd/network/10-ethfoo.link with the following content: [Match] MACAddress=nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn [Link] Name=ethfoo 2. Edit /etc/network/interfaces and replace enccw0.0.xxxx with ethfoo 3. Reboot I didn't try out other matching mechanisms than the MAC address, but you are welcome to do that and post your results. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Kind Regards Viktor Mihajlovski IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Martina Köderitz Geschäftsführung: Dirk Wittkopp Sitz der Gesellschaft: Böblingen Registergericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 243294
