Why is renaming the network interface from ethX style failing?

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Issue

  • Failed to rename network interface from ethX style.
  • Unable to rename the interface from ethX to non ethX style.
  • Some interfaces are came as ethX style automatically.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • systemd

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