I really don't get it. Why get into so much fuss just to rename your interfaces???? On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Eliezer Croitoru <eliezer at ngtech.co.il> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hey Mark, > > You can use "ip" tools to do the trick. > For Ubuntu I wrote this upstart script that helps with it without > touching udev. > You can see it here: > http://www1.ngtech.co.il/paste/1175/ > > You can run this function at runtime and it will change the interface > name. > > On CentOS you will need to find the right "spot" in boot to apply this > link. > Before NetworkManager and after udev. > > All The Bests, > Eliezer > > On 10/03/2014 04:12 PM, Richer, Mark (CIV) wrote: > > All, > > > > I am trying to understand better how you give an interface a more > > descriptive name and get it all working without a reboot, if > > possible. > > > > We have 1G and 10G interfaces, and I’m trying to use names like > > 1G-internal, 1G-external, 10G-private, etc. When I boot up, it’s > > all fine, but if I add one I’m not sure if there is a way to avoid > > the reboot? For example, I added the 10G interface names this > > week. > > > > Specifically, is there a way to change the network interface name > > you see in ifconfig and nmcli connection without rebooting CentOS > > 7? > > > > I changed the name in network-scripts. I tried to restart > > NetworkManager. > > > > I brought down the interface and tried to rename the file and bring > > it up again, but it still retains the previous run-time setting > > associated with the same UUID in the file. > > > > Also I find that on all but one of the server on which I did this, > > I can restart NetworkManager, but network.service is failing to > > restart. Do I want both active? And if yes, is this indicative of > > a problem related to changing the interfaces that goes away (only) > > by rebooting? For some reason, after doing this on several systems, > > on only one I can restart network.service, but it also still shows > > the old interface name. > > > > thanks, Mark > > > > MARK H RICHER, MS CS NPS-NCR Digital Forensics Lab IT Manager > > Computer Science Department Naval Postgraduate School - National > > Capital Region (NCR) 900 N Glebe Rd, Rm 5-182, Arlington, VA 22203 > > 571.858.3254 (o) 571.303.9498 (m) > > mhricher at nps.edu<mailto:mhricher at nps.edu> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing > > list CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1 > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJUMVMdAAoJENxnfXtQ8ZQUqL8H+wU+CSfoH6gAjJQUN2QaDO8t > Rc+/zY2aAvP7vJ1rZtiEdt4he+wRWYCsV7olb2wq2/G+i+8FT14huRpYVufyMwLR > VpN/sknu1KNc5fuIY6MTGYUoGDgcgCe3zy77e4cqo5IvPUNyPNfh2+X5H5xwfYaq > pvQi6za9U2Gnlj3D65pCwI5svBWbPVNkdQO83xXNlyBhKqEqV1utqG4G5uiOusoM > 6EIZZ9lNlLO/3PqUkg6d77HTowsT73qOmAa4KT46iZ1mnB/pibwglt8rxpAieDOD > 3G3QScjuOje3EXdnBE6oJ90h6I645X12sAdEOSTITsgdfjAEZiNTIPil6ZaEzrw= > =YSN7 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- George Kontostanos ---