Ethernet device name appears with some weird name '__tmp1660522914' in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Issue
- Interface name is not proper in ifconfig output for eth0 and eth1 devices.
- Ethernet devices (eth0 and eth1) appearing with some weird names instead of eth1 and eth0.
[root@system]# ifconfig -a
__tmp1660522914 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:81:81:1A:08
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:630 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:116930 (114.1 KiB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Memory:fdce0000-fdd00000
__tmp1982505683 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:81:81:1A:09
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:630 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:116930 (114.1 KiB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Memory:fdde0000-fde00000
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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