Apple Mac OS X Server manual Viewing or Changing the Computer Name, To display the computer name

Setting General System	5
Preferences

In this chapter you will find commands you can use to set system preferences, usually set using the System Preferences graphical application.

You can use Mac OS X Server to manage the work environment of Mac OS X users by defining preferences. Preferences are settings that customize and control a user’s computer experience.

Viewing or Changing the Computer Name

You can use the systemsetup tool to view or change a computer name (the name used to browse for AFP share points on the server), which would otherwise be set using the Sharing pane of System Preferences.

To display the computer name:

$ sudo systemsetup -getcomputername

or

$ sudo networksetup -getcomputername

To change the computer name:

$ sudo systemsetup -setcomputername computername

or

$ sudo networksetup -setcomputername computername

Viewing or Changing the Date and Time

You can use the systemsetup or serversetup tool to view or change:

ÂA computer’s system date or time

ÂA computer’s time zone

ÂWhether a server uses a network time server

These settings can also be changed using the Date & Time pane of System Preferences.

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