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/* localhost.c - A slightly more convenient wrapper for gethostname
  Copyright (C) 1996-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

  This file is part of GNU Inetutils.

  GNU Inetutils is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
  your option) any later version.

  GNU Inetutils is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  along with this program.  If not, see `http://www.gnu.org/licenses/'. */

/* Written by Miles Bader.  */

#include <config.h>

#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <netdb.h>

/* Return the name of the localhost.  This is just a wrapper for gethostname,
   taking care of allocating a big enough buffer, and caching the result
   after the first call (so the result should be copied before modification).
   If something goes wrong, 0 is returned, and errno is set.
 */
/* We no longer use static buffers, as it is too dangerous and
   it causes subtile bugs.  */
char *
localhost (void)
{
  char *buf = NULL;
  size_t buf_len = 0;
  int status = 0;

  do
    {
      char *tmp;
      errno = 0;

      buf_len += 256;		/* Initial guess */
      tmp = realloc (buf, buf_len);
      if (tmp == NULL)
	{
	  errno = ENOMEM;
	  free (buf);
	  return 0;
	}
      else
	buf = tmp;
    }
  while (((status = gethostname (buf, buf_len)) == 0
	  && !memchr (buf, '\0', buf_len))
#ifdef ENAMETOOLONG
	 || errno == ENAMETOOLONG
#endif
    );

  if (status != 0 && errno != 0)
    /* gethostname failed, abort.  */
    {
      free (buf);
      buf = 0;
    }
  else
    /* Determine FQDN.  */
    {
#if HAVE_DECL_GETADDRINFO
      int rc;
      struct addrinfo hints, *res;
      char fqdn[NI_MAXHOST];

      memset (&hints, 0, sizeof (hints));
      hints.ai_family = AF_INET;

      rc = getaddrinfo (buf, NULL, &hints, &res);
      if (!rc)
	{
	  /* Back resolving as official host name.  */
	  rc = getnameinfo (res->ai_addr, res->ai_addrlen,
			    fqdn, sizeof (fqdn), NULL, 0, NI_NAMEREQD);
	  if (!rc)
	    {
	      free (buf);
	      buf = strdup (fqdn);
	    }
	  freeaddrinfo (res);
	}
#else /* !HAVE_DECL_GETADDRINFO */
      struct hostent *hp = gethostbyname (buf);

      if (hp)
	{
	  struct in_addr addr;
	  addr.s_addr = *(unsigned int *) hp->h_addr;
	  hp = gethostbyaddr ((char *) &addr, sizeof (addr), AF_INET);
	  if (hp)
	    {
	      free (buf);
	      buf = strdup (hp->h_name);
	    }
	}
#endif /* !HAVE_DECL_GETADDRINFO */
    }
  return buf;
}