From nobody Fri Oct 20 18:03:32 2023 X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4SBssF2J4sz4y3fr for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2023 18:03:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from listac@nebelschwaden.de) Received: from mail.worldserver.net (mail.worldserver.net [217.13.200.36]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "*.worldserver.net", Issuer "EuropeanSSL Server CA 2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4SBssB6YXYz3Y6H for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2023 18:03:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from listac@nebelschwaden.de) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=nebelschwaden.de header.s=1687803001 header.b=vpriLEnH; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of listac@nebelschwaden.de designates 217.13.200.36 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=listac@nebelschwaden.de; dmarc=none Received: from postpony.nebelschwaden.de (v22018114346177759.hotsrv.de [194.55.14.20]) (Authenticated sender: sendmail@nebelschwaden.de) by mail.worldserver.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2FE211E0B3D for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2023 20:03:33 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=nebelschwaden.de; s=1687803001; t=1697825014; bh=bsSYQB1jvI4n0Qu9kUBVTihy/M/eb3OkpoJwOCPsOLY=; h=Date:To:Reply-To:From:Subject:From; b=vpriLEnHTavHKqzgn9bQDT2tYbrkwTZEk/rKVBzNymdohuJdvqnI6keB24YYflCpY z9q5ldPH1HIq6CeZz7As/tpfv1x570tdUKXsKKVAQ/7FB73Fu9DkSUkGuf0q1M2IeZ 9BWF8TXbYlq0/Fq8Uj+6QKWmgRztciBslf9sNfcyYdcRsLAX+JfupadFYJLOmq7AWl BTOYpfk7sGNzmsq0RxDcmZ5EtW9Rgnv9KYHNMgKR+TWtxGMg4Blzso6IlNJlYJ171T GjvbiFHsYjohU7qxOHT59qIAHzWKV3L4hJx7orXKn2aEXvrpKhnDWhj41AhQvY8lq7 A39Vf1qtCe05A== Received: from [172.16.37.5] (kaperfahrt.nebelschwaden.de [172.16.37.5]) by postpony.nebelschwaden.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C9AA114BD7 for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2023 20:03:33 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <827d9e2e-5416-42ca-9ee1-dde398a23b21@nebelschwaden.de> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2023 20:03:32 +0200 List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird To: Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: listac@nebelschwaden.de Content-Language: en-US From: Ede Wolf Subject: limit of network interface name length? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spamd-Bar: -- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.58 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.993]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[nebelschwaden.de:s=1687803001]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:217.13.200.0/24]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[217.13.200.36:from]; XM_UA_NO_VERSION(0.01)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[nebelschwaden.de]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[listac@nebelschwaden.de]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; REPLYTO_ADDR_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[nebelschwaden.de:+]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15657, ipnet:217.13.192.0/20, country:DE]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4SBssB6YXYz3Y6H Hello, I am trying to rename a couple of interfaces, and it works for some, for others not. Trying to find what I may be doing wrong, a patter that seems to emerge, is, that if names longer than 14Bytes are not supported. Maybe the " make up for the missing bytes up to 16. F.e.: ifconfig_epair6a_name="jail_template_local" does not work. The interface names remaines epair6a. Is that documented anywhere? Or can anyone confirm this limit on solid grounds? Just to make sure I have not done anything other wrong. Thanks Ede