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gethostid(3)

NAME

     gethostid, sethostid -- get/set unique identifier of current host

LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <unistd.h>

     long
     gethostid(void);

     void
     sethostid(long hostid);

DESCRIPTION

     The sethostid() function establishes a 32-bit identifier for the current
     processor that is intended to be unique among all UNIX systems in exis-
     tence.  This is normally a DARPA Internet address for the local machine.
     This call is allowed only to the super-user and is normally performed at
     boot time.

     The gethostid() function returns the 32-bit identifier for the current
     processor.

     This function has been deprecated.  The hostid should be set or retrieved
     by use of sysctl(3).

SEE ALSO

     gethostname(3), sysctl(3), sysctl(8)

BUGS

     32 bits for the identifier is too small.

HISTORY

     The gethostid() and sethostid() syscalls appeared in 4.2BSD and were
     dropped in 4.4BSD.

FreeBSD 5.4			 June 2, 1993			   FreeBSD 5.4

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