// Returns a `Try` of the result of attempting to set the `hostname`.
inline Try<Nothing> setHostname(const std::string& hostname)
{
if (SetComputerName(hostname.c_str()) == 0) {
return WindowsError();
}
return Nothing();
}
void setname(char *name)
{
HKEY hKey;
if(!SetComputerName(name)) {
fprintf(stderr, "Error setting computer name\n");
}
// This registry entry is only valid for NT/XP/Vista
RegOpenKeyEx( HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
"SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\Tcpip\\Parameters",
0, KEY_SET_VALUE, &hKey );
if(RegSetValueEx(hKey, "Hostname", 0, REG_SZ, name, strlen(name)+1))
{
fprintf(stderr, "Error setting hostname\n");
}
if(RegSetValueEx(hKey, "NV Hostname", 0, REG_SZ, name, strlen(name)+1))
{
fprintf(stderr, "Error setting NV hostname\n");
}
}
