1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/sysklogd/syslogd.c b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
index 0dc69d8cc..0d004bc27 100644
--- a/sysklogd/syslogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ struct globals {
         struct shbuf_ds *shbuf;
 #endif
         time_t last_log_time;
-        /* localhost's name */
-        char localHostName[64];
+        /* localhost's name. We print only first 64 chars */
+        char *hostname;
 
         /* We recv into recvbuf... */
         char recvbuf[MAX_READ];
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ static void timestamp_and_log(int pri, char *msg, int len)
         else {
                 char res[20];
                 parse_fac_prio_20(pri, res);
-                sprintf(G.printbuf, "%s %s %s %s\n", timestamp, G.localHostName, res, msg);
+                sprintf(G.printbuf, "%s %.64s %s %s\n", timestamp, G.hostname, res, msg);
         }
 
         /* Log message locally (to file or shared mem) */
@@ -647,11 +647,8 @@ int syslogd_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 option_mask32 |= OPT_locallog;
 
         /* Store away localhost's name before the fork */
-        /* "It is unspecified whether the truncated hostname
-         * will be null-terminated". We give it (size - 1),
-         * thus last byte will be NUL no matter what. */
-        gethostname(G.localHostName, sizeof(G.localHostName) - 1);
-        *strchrnul(G.localHostName, '.') = '\0';
+        G.hostname = safe_gethostname();
+        *strchrnul(G.hostname, '.') = '\0';
 
         if (!(option_mask32 & OPT_nofork)) {
                 bb_daemonize_or_rexec(DAEMON_CHDIR_ROOT, argv);