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Re: Enet names

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On 2019-01-25 18:19, ghe wrote:
> Buster, computer with MAC identified Ethernet ports
> 
> Is there a way to relabel Ethernet ports? Without changing things in a
> number of config files?
> 
> I see on the web that changing udev used to do that, but now there are
> at least 2 files to modify.
> 
> I'm gently moving to a new ISP, and I'm trying to set up new, virtual 
> IP
> addresses on my Enet ports. Webmin tells me that enp0s31f6 is too long.
> I could do it in /etc/network/interfaces, but Webmin does all that 
> quite
> painlessly. Without typos.
> 
> I'd like to replace the /dev/random names with something understandable
> to a mortal.
> 
> I was thinking of creating an alias in /dev pointing eth0 at enp0s31f6.
> But where to put it? .bashrc would be convenient, but it'd be too late.
> In an init file? Is the s.*d word going to do init files forever?

I read the otherday that you can do that in grub

https://www.itzgeek.com/how-tos/linux/debian/change-default-network-name-ens33-to-old-eth0-on-debian-9.html

never tried

mick


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  Re: Enet names Étienne Mollier <etienne.mollier@mailoo.org> - 2019-01-25 21:50 +0100
    Re: Enet names ghe <ghe@slsware.net> - 2019-01-26 01:00 +0100
      Re: Enet names deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-01-26 09:50 +0100
      Re: Enet names "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-01-26 11:30 +0100
  Re: Enet names Étienne Mollier <etienne.mollier@mailoo.org> - 2019-01-25 21:50 +0100
  Re: Enet names Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-01-26 12:20 +0100
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  Re: Enet names mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2019-01-26 16:50 +0100

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