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30.\"     @(#)gethostname.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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32.Dd May 6, 1994
33.Dt GETDOMAINNAME 3
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm getdomainname ,
37.Nm setdomainname
38.Nd get/set domain name of current host
39.Sh LIBRARY
40.Lb libc
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.In unistd.h
43.Ft int
44.Fn getdomainname "char *name" "size_t namelen"
45.Ft int
46.Fn setdomainname "const char *name" "size_t namelen"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48.Fn getdomainname
49returns the standard domain name for the current host, as
50previously set by
51.Fn setdomainname .
52The parameter
53.Fa namelen
54specifies the size of the
55.Fa name
56array.
57The returned name is null-terminated unless insufficient
58space is provided.
59.Pp
60.Fn setdomainname
61sets the domain name of the host machine to be
62.Fa name ,
63which has length
64.Fa namelen .
65This call is restricted to the super-user and
66is normally used only when the system is bootstrapped.
67.Sh RETURN VALUES
68If the call succeeds a value of 0 is returned.
69If the call fails, a value of \-1 is returned and an error code is
70placed in the global location
71.Va errno .
72.Sh ERRORS
73The following errors may be returned by these calls:
74.Bl -tag -width Er
75.It Bq Er EFAULT
76The
77.Fa name
78or
79.Fa namelen
80parameter gave an
81invalid address.
82.It Bq Er EPERM
83The caller tried to set the domain name and was not the super-user.
84.El
85.Sh SEE ALSO
86.Xr gethostid 3 ,
87.Xr gethostname 3 ,
88.Xr sysctl 3
89.Sh HISTORY
90The
91.Nm
92function call appeared in
93.Bx 4.2 .
94.Sh BUGS
95Domain names are limited to
96.Dv MAXHOSTNAMELEN
97(from
98.Ao Pa sys/param.h Ac )
99characters including null-termination, currently 256.
100