Annotation of src/lib/libc/gen/gethostname.3, Revision 1.8.12.4
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36: .Dd June 4, 1993
37: .Dt GETHOSTNAME 3
1.8 garbled 38: .Os
1.1 cgd 39: .Sh NAME
40: .Nm gethostname ,
41: .Nm sethostname
42: .Nd get/set name of current host
1.5 perry 43: .Sh LIBRARY
44: .Lb libc
1.1 cgd 45: .Sh SYNOPSIS
1.8.12.2 nathanw 46: .Fd #include \*[Lt]unistd.h\*[Gt]
1.1 cgd 47: .Ft int
1.6 kleink 48: .Fn gethostname "char *name" "size_t namelen"
1.1 cgd 49: .Ft int
1.6 kleink 50: .Fn sethostname "const char *name" "size_t namelen"
1.1 cgd 51: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.7 lukem 52: .Fn gethostname
1.1 cgd 53: returns the standard host name for the current processor, as
54: previously set by
55: .Fn sethostname .
56: The parameter
57: .Fa namelen
1.8.12.1 nathanw 58: specifies the size of the
1.1 cgd 59: .Fa name
1.8.12.4! nathanw 60: array.
! 61: The returned name is null-terminated unless insufficient
1.1 cgd 62: space is provided.
63: .Pp
1.7 lukem 64: .Fn sethostname
1.1 cgd 65: sets the name of the host machine to be
66: .Fa name ,
67: which has length
68: .Fa namelen .
69: This call is restricted to the super-user and
70: is normally used only when the system is bootstrapped.
71: .Sh RETURN VALUES
1.8.12.4! nathanw 72: If the call succeeds a value of 0 is returned.
! 73: If the call fails, a value of \-1 is returned and an error code is
1.1 cgd 74: placed in the global location
75: .Va errno .
76: .Sh ERRORS
77: The following errors may be returned by these calls:
78: .Bl -tag -width Er
79: .It Bq Er EFAULT
80: The
81: .Fa name
82: or
83: .Fa namelen
84: parameter gave an
85: invalid address.
86: .It Bq Er EPERM
87: The caller tried to set the hostname and was not the super-user.
88: .El
89: .Sh SEE ALSO
1.4 jtc 90: .Xr gethostid 3 ,
1.8.12.1 nathanw 91: .Xr sysctl 3 ,
1.3 neil 92: .Xr sysctl 8
1.6 kleink 93: .Sh STANDARDS
94: The
95: .Fn gethostname
96: function conforms to
97: .St -xpg4.2 .
1.8.12.1 nathanw 98: .Sh HISTORY
99: The
100: .Nm
101: function call appeared in
102: .Bx 4.2 .
1.1 cgd 103: .Sh BUGS
104: Host names are limited to
105: .Dv MAXHOSTNAMELEN
106: (from
107: .Ao Pa sys/param.h Ac )
1.6 kleink 108: characters including null-termination, currently 256.
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