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.

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 }

Detections ##

• No detections at time of publishing

Resources ##

• macOS/binaries/scutil

• scutil man page