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scutil

Display basic network information, check the dns config, set the computer hostname and perform several other tasks.

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scutil
scutil

Sandbox: execFile · Timeout: 30s

Capabilities

discovery.enumerate

Examples

DNS configuration: Get the current DNS configuration of the systems

scutil --dns

Proxy configuration: Get the current proxy configuration of the systems

scutil --proxy

Network reachability: Check if the destination host is reachable from your Mac

scutil -r { nodename | address | local-address remote-address }

Hostname, localhost name and computername: Display the current hostname, localhost name and computername

scutil --get { HostName | LocalHostName | ComputerName }

Detection

TypeRule / Indicator
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Documentation

scutil provides a command line interface to the dynamic store data maintained by configd. Interaction with this data (using the SystemConfiguration.framework SCDynamicStore APIs) is handled with a set of commands read from standard input.

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