| GETHOSTID(3) | Library Functions Manual | 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. The id,
intended to be unique among all UNIX systems in existence, 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
HISTORY
The gethostid() and
sethostid() syscalls appeared in
4.2BSD and were dropped in
4.4BSD.
BUGS
32 bits for the identifier is too small.
| June 2, 1993 | macOS 26.4 |