Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Mac OS X - Change ComputerName/HostName/LocalHostName via the command line

ComputerName - Used for Computer Name, File Sharing, and AppleTalk.
scutil --set ComputerName "YourComputerName"

HostName - Displayed in the default terminal command prompt.(user@hostname).
scutil --set HostName "YourHostName"

LocalHostName - Used for Bonjour-aware services on the local network.
scutil --set LocalHostName "YourLocalHostName"


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