1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/safe_gethostname.c b/libbb/safe_gethostname.c
index 1f8b2a8fd..7407fb782 100644
--- a/libbb/safe_gethostname.c
+++ b/libbb/safe_gethostname.c
@@ -48,6 +48,19 @@ char* FAST_FUNC safe_gethostname(void)
 
         /* Uname can fail only if you pass a bad pointer to it. */
         uname(&uts);
+        return xstrndup(!uts.nodename[0] ? "?" : uts.nodename, sizeof(uts.nodename));
+}
 
-        return xstrndup(!*(uts.nodename) ? "?" : uts.nodename, sizeof(uts.nodename));
+/*
+ * On success return the current malloced and NUL terminated domainname.
+ * On error return malloced and NUL terminated string "?".
+ * This is an illegal first character for a domainname.
+ * The returned malloced string must be freed by the caller.
+ */
+char* FAST_FUNC safe_getdomainname(void)
+{
+        struct utsname uts;
+
+        uname(&uts);
+        return xstrndup(!uts.domainname[0] ? "?" : uts.domainname, sizeof(uts.domainname));
 }