NAME

sethostname − set name of host cpu

SYNOPSIS

sethostname(name, namelen)
char *name;
int namelen;

DESCRIPTION

This call sets the name of the host processor to name, which has a length of namelen characters.  This is normally executed by /etc/rc when the system is bootstrapped.  Host names are limited to MAXHOSTNAMELEN characters; MAXHOSTNAMELEN is defined in <sys/param.h>. 

ERRORS

Sethostname fails and returns an error if:

­[EPERM] It is not executed by the superuser. 

­[EFAULT] Name points to an illegal address.  The reliable detection of this error is implementation dependent. 

AUTHOR

Sethostname was developed by the University of California, Berkeley. 

SEE ALSO

hostname(1), uname(1), gethostname(2), uname(2). 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  HP-UX Release 7.0: Sept 1989