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GETHOSTID(3) Linux Programmer's Manual GETHOSTID(3) NAME gethostid, sethostid - get or set the unique identifier of the current host SYNOPSIS #include <unistd.h> long gethostid(void); int sethostid(long hostid); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): gethostid(): Since glibc 2.20: _DEFAULT_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 Up to and including glibc 2.19: _BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 sethostid(): Since glibc 2.21: _DEFAULT_SOURCE In glibc 2.19 and 2.20: _DEFAULT_SOURCE || (_XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE < 500) Up to and including glibc 2.19: _BSD_SOURCE || (_XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE < 500) DESCRIPTION gethostid() and sethostid() respectively get or set a unique 32-bit identifier for the current machine. The 32-bit identifier was intended to be unique among all UNIX systems in existence. This normally resembles the Internet address for the local machine, as returned by gethostbyname(3), and thus usually never needs to be set. The sethostid() call is restricted to the superuser. RETURN VALUE gethostid() returns the 32-bit identifier for the current host as set by sethostid(). On success, sethostid() returns 0; on error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error. ERRORS sethostid() can fail with the following errors: EACCES The caller did not have permission to write to the file used to store the host ID. EPERM The calling process's effective user or group ID is not the same as its corresponding real ID. ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). ββββββββββββββ¬ββββββββββββββββ¬ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ βInterface β Attribute β Value β ββββββββββββββΌββββββββββββββββΌββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ€ βgethostid() β Thread safety β MT-Safe hostid env locale β ββββββββββββββΌββββββββββββββββΌββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ€ βsethostid() β Thread safety β MT-Unsafe const:hostid β ββββββββββββββ΄ββββββββββββββββ΄ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ CONFORMING TO 4.2BSD; these functions were dropped in 4.4BSD. SVr4 includes gethostid() but not sethostid(). POSIX.1-2001 and POSIX.1-2008 specify gethostid() but not sethostid(). NOTES In the glibc implementation, the hostid is stored in the file /etc/hostid. (In glibc versions before 2.2, the file /var/adm/hostid was used.) In the glibc implementation, if gethostid() cannot open the file containing the host ID, then it obtains the hostname using gethostname(2), passes that hostname to gethostbyname_r(3) in order to obtain the host's IPv4 address, and returns a value obtained by bit-twiddling the IPv4 address. (This value may not be unique.) BUGS It is impossible to ensure that the identifier is globally unique. SEE ALSO hostid(1), gethostbyname(3) Linux 2021-03-22 GETHOSTID(3)