lib/xgetdomainname.c

   1 /* xgetdomainname.c -- Return the NIS domain name, without size limitations.
   2    Copyright (C) 1992, 1996, 2000-2001, 2003-2004, 2006, 2008-2017 Free
   3    Software Foundation, Inc.
   4
   5    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   6    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   7    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
   8    (at your option) any later version.
   9
  10    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  11    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  12    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  13    GNU General Public License for more details.
  14
  15    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  16    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
  17
  18 /* Based on xgethostname.c, written by Jim Meyering.  */
  19
  20 #include <config.h>
  21
  22 /* Specification.  */
  23 #include "xgetdomainname.h"
  24
  25 /* Get getdomainname.  */
  26 #include <unistd.h>
  27
  28 /* Get errno.  */
  29 #include <errno.h>
  30
  31 /* Get free.  */
  32 #include <stdlib.h>
  33
  34 #include "xalloc.h"
  35
  36 #ifndef INITIAL_DOMAINNAME_LENGTH
  37 # define INITIAL_DOMAINNAME_LENGTH 34
  38 #endif
  39
  40 /* Return the NIS domain name of the machine, in malloc'd storage.
  41    WARNING! The NIS domain name is unrelated to the fully qualified host name
  42             of the machine.  It is also unrelated to email addresses.
  43    WARNING! The NIS domain name is usually the empty string or "(none)" when
  44             not using NIS.
  45    If malloc fails, exit.
  46    Upon any other failure, set errno and return NULL.  */
  47 char *
  48 xgetdomainname (void)
  49 {
  50   char *domainname;
  51   size_t size;
  52
  53   size = INITIAL_DOMAINNAME_LENGTH;
  54   domainname = xmalloc (size);
  55   while (1)
  56     {
  57       int k = size - 1;
  58       int err;
  59
  60       errno = 0;
  61       domainname[k] = '\0';
  62       err = getdomainname (domainname, size);
  63       if (err >= 0 && domainname[k] == '\0')
  64         break;
  65       else if (err < 0 && errno != EINVAL)
  66         {
  67           int saved_errno = errno;
  68           free (domainname);
  69           errno = saved_errno;
  70           return NULL;
  71         }
  72       size *= 2;
  73       domainname = xrealloc (domainname, size);
  74     }
  75
  76   return domainname;
  77 }