gethostidsethostid
- get/set unique identifier of current host
LIBRARY
Lb libc
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 existence.
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).
