On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 11:08 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 10/03/2014 03:11 PM, Richer, Mark (CIV) wrote: > >> Thanks to everyone who responded. This led to some interesting reading >> and learning, but it hasn’t avoided the reboot. >> >> I found this page on udev: >> How to reload udev rules without reboot?<http://unix. >> stackexchange.com/questions/39370/how-to-reload-udev-rules-without-reboot >> > >> http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/39370/how-to-reload- >> udev-rules-without-reboot >> >> Sounds perfect for my question, but at least one server I tried all the >> suggestions on, it didn’t change anything. A reboot is a “magic sauce,” but >> it’s nice to know how to avoid this with servers. If I find another >> solution that works for me, I’ll post it. >> > > I learned this to control the MAC address so that the IPv6 suffix for my > servers was more to my liking and I could use an RA prefix. > > > 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@xxxxxxx<mailto:mhrich >> er@xxxxxxx> >> >> >> >> On Oct 3, 2014, at 1:16 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto: >> rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >> >> >> On 10/03/2014 12:38 PM, Darr247 wrote: >> On 03 October 2014 @13:53 zulu, Digimer wrote: >> On 03/10/14 09:12 AM, 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. >> >> I actually wrote a small tutorial on how to do just this. >> >> https://alteeve.ca/w/Changing_Ethernet_Device_Names_in_EL7_ >> and_Fedora_15%2B >> >> >> I think you missed the "without a reboot" part. :) >> >> Supposedly you can restart udev and then networkservices >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx<mailto:CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx> >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Of course if you don't mind rebooting the system, this will work as well: http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOS7#head-31ebc6642958a0df12304d6aab9a49034a3b7802 [root@entos7 ~]# ifconfig eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 10.30.1.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.30.1.255 inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fe54:1d2d prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link> ether 08:00:27:54:1d:2d txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 64 bytes 7690 (7.5 KiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 74 bytes 11580 (11.3 KiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 eth1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 172.16.154.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.30.1.255 inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fe54:1d3d prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link> ether 08:00:27:54:1d:3d txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 64 bytes 7690 (7.5 KiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 74 bytes 11580 (11.3 KiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 -- George Kontostanos --- _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos