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| author | Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site> | 2023-12-19 19:50:34 +0800 |
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| committer | Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site> | 2023-12-19 19:50:34 +0800 |
| commit | 3608380f2246ae4abd6202f56fdb8a09674a0165 (patch) | |
| tree | 1e4b4ecb3e5a7532fd87a678dd37db619f091b27 | |
| parent | 7380559028367ee1f0da6125d1f30f3b0a64a290 (diff) | |
symlinks: Mention how to disable NIC alternative names assignment
Fixes #5394.
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter09/symlinks.xml | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/chapter09/symlinks.xml b/chapter09/symlinks.xml index 86528ba69..add956941 100644 --- a/chapter09/symlinks.xml +++ b/chapter09/symlinks.xml @@ -112,6 +112,19 @@ proceeding, and be sure to use that <literal>NAME</literal> value when creating your network configuration files.</para> + <para>Even if the custom udev rule file is created, udev may still + assign one or more alternative names for a NIC based on physical + characteristics. If a custom udev rule would rename another NIC using + a name already assigned as an alternative name of another NIC, this + udev rule will fail. If this issue happens, you may create the + <filename>/etc/udev/network/99-default.link</filename> configuration + file with an empty alternative assignment policy, overriding the + default configuration file + <filename>/usr/lib/udev/network/99-default.link</filename>:</para> + +<screen role="nodump"><userinput>sed -e '/^AlternativeNamesPolicy/s/=.*$/=/' \ + -i /usr/lib/udev/network/99-default.link \ + > /etc/udev/network/99-default.link</userinput></screen> </sect3> </sect2> |