diff --git a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
index 6518eb819e..8f09c1b41b 100644
--- a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
@@ -321,13 +321,17 @@
- Adds the host side of the
- Ethernet link created with
-
- to the specified bridge. Note that
-
+ Adds the host side of
+ the Ethernet link created with
+ to the
+ specified bridge. Note that
+
implies
- .
+ . If
+ this option is used the host side of
+ the Ethernet link will use the
+ vb- prefix instead
+ of ve-.
@@ -466,7 +470,7 @@
destination in the container. The
option
creates read-only bind
- mount.
+ mounts.
diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
index 0a00903ef4..2441758c2a 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
@@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ static int reset_audit_loginuid(void) {
return 0;
}
-static int setup_veth(pid_t pid, char iface_name[]) {
+static int setup_veth(pid_t pid, char iface_name[IFNAMSIZ]) {
_cleanup_rtnl_message_unref_ sd_rtnl_message *m = NULL;
_cleanup_rtnl_unref_ sd_rtnl *rtnl = NULL;
int r;
@@ -1313,6 +1313,13 @@ static int setup_veth(pid_t pid, char iface_name[]) {
if (!arg_network_veth)
return 0;
+ /* Use two different interface name prefixes depending whether
+ * we are in bridge mode or not. */
+ if (arg_network_bridge)
+ memcpy(iface_name, "vb-", 3);
+ else
+ memcpy(iface_name, "ve-", 3);
+
strncpy(iface_name+3, arg_machine, IFNAMSIZ - 3);
r = sd_rtnl_open(&rtnl, 0);
@@ -1587,7 +1594,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
int n_fd_passed;
pid_t pid = 0;
sigset_t mask;
- char veth_name[IFNAMSIZ] = "ve-";
+ char veth_name[IFNAMSIZ];
log_parse_environment();
log_open();