setdomainname(2)

1GETDOMAINNAME(2)           Linux Programmer's Manual          GETDOMAINNAME(2)
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NAME

6       getdomainname, setdomainname - get/set NIS domain name
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <unistd.h>
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11       int getdomainname(char *name, size_t len);
12       int setdomainname(const char *name, size_t len);
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14   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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16       getdomainname(), setdomainname():
17           _BSD_SOURCE || (_XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE < 500)
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DESCRIPTION

20       These  functions are used to access or to change the NIS domain name of
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23       setdomainname() sets the domain name to the value given in the  charac‐
24       ter  array  name.   The  len  argument specifies the number of bytes in
25       name.  (Thus, name does not require a terminating null byte.)
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27       getdomainname() returns the null-terminated domain name in the  charac‐
28       ter  array  name,  which has a length of len bytes.  If the null-termi‐
29       nated domain name requires more than len bytes, getdomainname() returns
30       the first len bytes (glibc) or gives an error (libc).
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RETURN VALUE

33       On  success,  zero is returned.  On error, -1 is returned, and errno is
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ERRORS

37       setdomainname() can fail with the following errors:
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39       EFAULT name pointed outside of user address space.
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43       EPERM  the  caller  is  unprivileged  (Linux:   does   not   have   the
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46       getdomainname() can fail with the following errors:
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CONFORMING TO

52       POSIX does not specify these calls.
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NOTES

55       Since Linux 1.0, the limit on the length of a  domain  name,  including
56       the  terminating  null  byte,  is 64 bytes.  In older kernels, it was 8
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59       On most Linux architectures (including x86),  there  is  no  getdomain‐
60       name()  system  call;  instead,  glibc  implements getdomainname() as a
61       library function that returns a copy of the domainname  field  returned
62       from a call to uname(2).
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COLOPHON

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69       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
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