sysdeps/mach/hurd/gethostid.c

   1 /* Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   2    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
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  17    02111-1307 USA.  */
  18
  19 #include <unistd.h>
  20 #include <hurd.h>
  21 #include "hurdhost.h"
  22
  23 /* Return the current machine's Internet number.  */
  24 long int
  25 gethostid ()
  26 {
  27   /* The hostid is just the contents of the file /etc/hostid,
  28      kept as text of hexadecimal digits.  */
  29   /* XXX this is supposed to come from the hardware serial number */
  30   char buf[8];
  31   ssize_t n = _hurd_get_host_config ("/etc/hostid", buf, sizeof buf);
  32   if (n < 0)
  33     return -1;
  34   return strtol (buf, NULL, 16);
  35 }