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30 .\" @(#)gethostname.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
38 .Nd get/set domain name of current host
44 .Fn getdomainname "char *name" "size_t namelen"
46 .Fn setdomainname "const char *name" "size_t namelen"
49 returns the standard domain name for the current processor, as
54 specifies the size of the
57 The returned name is null-terminated unless insufficient
61 sets the domain name of the host machine to be
65 This call is restricted to the super-user and
66 is normally used only when the system is bootstrapped.
68 If the call succeeds a value of 0 is returned.
69 If the call fails, a value of \-1 is returned and an error code is
70 placed in the global location
73 The following errors may be returned by these calls:
83 The caller tried to set the domain name and was not the super-user.
92 function call appeared in
95 Domain names are limited to
98 .Ao Pa sys/param.h Ac )
99 characters including null-termination, currently 256.