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diff --git a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/sethostid.c b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/sethostid.c
index dc8153caa6..64f5e0c1c6 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/sethostid.c
+++ b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/sethostid.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1993, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -17,15 +17,26 @@ not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
 
 #include <ansidecl.h>
-#include <errno.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <hurd.h>
+#include "hurdhost.h"
+#include "../stdio-common/_itoa.h"
 
 /* Set the current machine's Internet number to ID.
    This call is restricted to the super-user.  */
 int
 DEFUN(sethostid, (id), long int id)
 {
-  error_t err = __USEPORT (PROC, __proc_sethostid (port, id));
-  return err ? __hurd_fail (err) : 0;
+  char buf[8], *bp;
+  ssize_t n;
+
+  /* The hostid is kept in the file /etc/hostid,
+     eight characters of upper-case hexadecimal.  */
+
+  bp = _itoa_word (id, &buf[sizeof buf], 16, 1);
+  while (bp > buf)
+    *--bp = '0';
+
+  n = _hurd_set_host_config ("/etc/hostid", buf, sizeof buf);
+  return n < 0 ? -1 : 0;
 }