Technical Reference: Communications, Volume 1

netname2host Subroutine

Converts an operating-system-independent network name to a domain-specific host name.

C Library (libc.a)

#include <rpc/rpc.h>

netname2host ( name, host, hostlen) char *name; char *host; int hostlen;

The netname2host subroutine converts an operating-system-independent network name to a domain-specific host name.

This subroutine is the inverse of the host2netname subroutine.

name	Specifies the network name (or netname) of the server process owner. The name parameter can be either the host name derived from the host2netname subroutine or the user name derived from the user2netname subroutine.
host	Points to the name of the machine on which the permissions were created.
hostlen	Specifies the size of the host name.

Upon successful completion, this subroutine returns a value of 1. If unsuccessful, it returns a value of 0.

The host2netname subroutine, user2netname subroutine.

Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Overview for Programming in AIX 5L Version 5.2 Communications Programming Concepts.