DESCRIPTION
The sethostid function establishes a 32-bit identifier for the current processor that is intended to be unique among all UNIX systems in existence. This is normally a DARPA Internet address for the local machine. This call is allowed only to the super-user and is normally performed at boot time. The gethostid function returns the 32-bit identifier for the current processor.
This function has been deprecated. The hostid should be set or retrieved by use of sysctl(3).
SEE ALSO
gethostname(3), sysctl(3), sysctl(8)
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