NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

hostid = gethostid()
long hostid;

sethostid(hostid)
long hostid;

DESCRIPTION

sethostid 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. 

gethostid returns the 32-bit identifier for the current processor. 

SEE ALSO

hostid(1), gethostname(2)

BUGS

32 bits for the identifier is too small. 

September 02, 1992