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+<?php
+
+/*
+ * LibreNMS
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Neil Lathwood <https://github.com/laf/ http://www.lathwood.co.uk/fa>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.  Please see LICENSE.txt at the top level of
+ * the source code distribution for details.
+*/
+
+$status  = 'error';
+
+$descr = mres($_POST['descr']);
+$device_id = mres($POST['device_id']);
+$ifName = mres($_POST['ifName']);
+$port_id = mres($_POST['port_id']);
+
+if (!empty($ifName) && is_numeric($port_id)) {
+    // We have ifName and  port id so update ifAlias
+    if (dbUpdate(array('ifAlias'=>$descr), '`ports`', '`port_id`=?', array($port_id)) > 0) {
+        $device = device_by_id_cache($device_id);
+        if (empty($descr)) {
+            del_device_attrib($device, 'ifName');
+        }
+        else {
+            set_device_attrib($device, 'ifName', $ifName);
+        }
+        $status = 'ok';
+    }
+    else {
+        $status = 'na';
+    }
+}