getdomainname(2)getdomainname(2)NAME
getdomainname, setdomainname - get or set name of current Network
Information Service domain
SYNOPSISDESCRIPTION
returns the name of the Network Information Service (NIS) domain for
the current processor, as previously set by The parameter namelen spec‐
ifies the size of the name array. The returned value is null-termi‐
nated unless the area pointed to by name is not large enough to hold
the domain name plus the null byte. In this case, only the namelen
number of bytes is returned.
sets the domain of the host machine to name, which has a length of
namelen. This call is restricted to the superuser and is normally used
only when the system is booted.
These Network Information Service domains enable two distinct networks
with common host names to merge. Each network is distinguished by hav‐
ing a different domain name. Currently, only the Network Information
Service uses these domains.
RETURN VALUE
If the call succeeds, a value of 0 is returned. If the call fails, a
value of −1 is returned and is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
If or fail, is set to one of the following values:
name points outside the accessible address space.
The caller is not superuser.
This error only applies to
WARNINGS
The length of the name array should be at least 65; NIS domain names
can be up to 64 characters long.
NIS servers use the NIS domain name as the name of a subdirectory of
Since the NIS domain name can be as long as 64 characters, the domain
name set with can exceed the maximum file name length allowed on the
local file system. If that length is exceeded, the name of the subdi‐
rectory is the truncated NIS domain name.
AUTHOR
getdomainname was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
SEE ALSOdomainname(1), ypserv(1M), ypfiles(4).
getdomainname(2)