Udev cannot change network interface names by HWADDR entries in ethX.

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Issue

udev cannot change network interface names by HWADDR entries in ethX.

systemd-udevd: error changing net interface name eth0 to eth1: File exists
systemd-udevd: error changing net interface name eth1 to eth0: File exists

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • systemd
  • ethX

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