NAME

gethostname, sethostname − get or set name of current host

SYNOPSIS

int gethostname(char ∗name, int namelen);

int sethostname(char ∗name, int namelen);

DESCRIPTION

The gethostname() function returns the standard host name for the current processor, as previously set by sethostname().  The namelen argument specifies the size of the array pointed to by name. The returned name is null-terminated unless insufficient space is provided.

The sethostname() function sets the name of the host machine to be name, which has length namelen. This call is restricted to the super-user and is normally used only when the system is bootstrapped.

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion, gethostname() and sethostname() return 0.  Otherwise, they return −1 and set errno to indicate the error. 

ERRORS

The gethostname() and sethostname() functions will fail if:

EFAULT The name or namelen argument gave an invalid address. 

The sethostname() function will fail if:

EPERM The caller was not the super-user. 

SEE ALSO

sysinfo(2), uname(2), gethostid(3C)

NOTES

Host names are limited to MAXHOSTNAMELEN characters, currently 256, defined in the <netdb.h> header. 

SunOS 5.6  —  Last change: 13 May 1997