132 lines
3.6 KiB
Groff
132 lines
3.6 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
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.\" @(#)gethostname.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd August 18, 2003
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.Dt GETHOSTNAME 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm gethostname ,
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.Nm sethostname
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.Nd get/set name of current host
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In unistd.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn gethostname "char *name" "size_t namelen"
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.Ft int
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.Fn sethostname "const char *name" "int namelen"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn gethostname
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function
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returns the standard host name for the current processor, as
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previously set by
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.Fn sethostname .
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The
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.Fa namelen
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argument
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specifies the size of the
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.Fa name
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array.
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The returned name is null-terminated unless insufficient space is provided.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn sethostname
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function
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sets the name of the host machine to be
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.Fa name ,
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which has length
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.Fa namelen .
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This call is restricted to the super-user and
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is normally used only when the system is bootstrapped.
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.Pp
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Host names are limited to
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.Brq Dv HOST_NAME_MAX
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characters, not including the trailing null, currently 255.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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.Rv -std
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.Sh ERRORS
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The following errors may be returned by these calls:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EFAULT
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The
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.Fa name
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or
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.Fa namelen
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argument gave an
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invalid address.
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.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
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The current host name is longer than
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.Fa namelen .
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(For
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.Fn gethostname
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only.)
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.It Bq Er EPERM
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The caller tried to set the host name and was not the super-user.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr sysconf 3 ,
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.Xr sysctl 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn gethostname
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function conforms to
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.St -p1003.1-2001 .
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Callers should be aware that
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.Brq Dv HOST_NAME_MAX
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may be variable or infinite, but is guaranteed to be no less than
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.Brq Dv _POSIX_HOST_NAME_MAX .
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On older systems, this limit was defined in the non-standard header
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.In sys/param.h
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as
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.Dv MAXHOSTNAMELEN ,
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and counted the terminating null.
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The
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.Fn sethostname
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function and the error returns for
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.Fn gethostname
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are not standardized.
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn gethostname
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function appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .
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The
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.Fa namelen
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argument to
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.Fn gethostname
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was changed to
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.Vt size_t
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in
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.Fx 5.2
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for alignment with
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.St -p1003.1-2001 .
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