1/* Copyright (C) 1993-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
3
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17
18#include <unistd.h>
19#include <hurd.h>
20#include "hurdhost.h"
21#include <_itoa.h>
22
23/* Set the current machine's Internet number to ID.
24 This call is restricted to the super-user. */
25/* XXX should be __sethostid?
26 isn't hostid supposed to be hardwired and unchangeable? */
27int
28sethostid (long int id)
29{
30 char buf[8], *bp;
31 ssize_t n;
32
33 /* The hostid is kept in the file /etc/hostid,
34 eight characters of upper-case hexadecimal. */
35
36 bp = _itoa_word (value: id, buflim: &buf[sizeof buf], base: 16, upper_case: 1);
37 while (bp > buf)
38 *--bp = '0';
39
40 n = _hurd_set_host_config ("/etc/hostid", buf, sizeof buf);
41 return n < 0 ? -1 : 0;
42}
43

source code of glibc/sysdeps/mach/hurd/sethostid.c