File to change hostid on Arch linux after a ZFS install.

writehostid.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main() {
    int res;
    res = sethostid(gethostid());
    if (res != 0) {
        switch (errno) {
            case EACCES:
            fprintf(stderr, "Error! No permission to write the"
                         " file used to store the host ID.\n"
                         "Are you root?\n");
            break;
            case EPERM:
            fprintf(stderr, "Error! The calling process's effective"
                            " user or group ID is not the same as"
                            " its corresponding real ID.\n");
            break;
            default:
            fprintf(stderr, "Unknown error.\n");
        }
        return 1;
    }
    return 0;
}