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35.Dd May 6, 1994
36.Dt GETDOMAINNAME 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm getdomainname ,
40.Nm setdomainname
41.Nd get/set domain name of current host
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libc
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In unistd.h
46.Ft int
47.Fn getdomainname "char *name" "int namelen"
48.Ft int
49.Fn setdomainname "const char *name" "int namelen"
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51.Fn Getdomainname
52returns the standard domain name for the current processor, as
53previously set by
54.Fn setdomainname .
55The parameter
56.Fa namelen
57specifies the size of the
58.Fa name
59array.  The returned name is null-terminated unless insufficient
60space is provided.
61.Pp
62.Fn Setdomainname
63sets the domain name of the host machine to be
64.Fa name ,
65which has length
66.Fa namelen .
67This call is restricted to the super-user and
68is normally used only when the system is bootstrapped.
69.Sh RETURN VALUES
70.Rv -std
71.Sh ERRORS
72The following errors may be returned by these calls:
73.Bl -tag -width Er
74.It Bq Er EFAULT
75The
76.Fa name
77or
78.Fa namelen
79parameter gave an
80invalid address.
81.It Bq Er EPERM
82The caller tried to set the hostname and was not the super-user.
83.El
84.Sh SEE ALSO
85.Xr gethostid 3 ,
86.Xr gethostname 3 ,
87.Xr sysctl 3
88.Sh BUGS
89Domain names are limited to
90.Dv MAXHOSTNAMELEN
91(from
92.Ao Pa sys/param.h Ac )
93characters, currently 256.
94.Sh HISTORY
95The
96.Fn getdomainname
97function call appeared in
98.Bx 4.2 .
99