nameif: add command implementation #2
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This PR adds a Rust implementation of the nameif command from net-tools, which renames network interfaces based on MAC addresses
Like the original
nameifcommand, the implemented solution supports reading from the configuration file (-c/--config-fileoption, default/etc/mactab) and from CLI arguments, e.g.nameif testif0 00:11:22:33:44:55The
-s/--syslogoption from the original is not implemented for the sake of the PR size and will be added in a follow-up PRThe PR also adds compliance tests for the
nameifcommand to verify that its behaviour matches the originalnameifcommand one