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scutil

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.

Discovery
Path
/usr/bin/scutil
Author
Ethan Nay
Created
2023-06-21

Example Use Cases 4

DNS configuration #

Get the current DNS configuration of the systems

scutil --dns
Discovery T1016 network

Proxy configuration #

Get the current proxy configuration of the systems

scutil --proxy
Discovery T1016 networkconfiguration

Network reachability #

Check if the destination host is reachable from your Mac

scutil -r { nodename | address | local-address remote-address }
Discovery T1016 networkconfiguration

Hostname, localhost name and computername #

Display the current hostname, localhost name and computername

scutil --get { HostName | LocalHostName | ComputerName }
Discovery T1082 configuration

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