scutil
Created by Ethan Nay
Description
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.
Created | Tactics | Tags |
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2023-06-21 | Discovery | network configuration |
Paths
/usr/bin/scutil
Use Cases
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 }
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