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Chapter 6 Setting Network Preferences 81

Hostname

The host name is a unique name that corresponds to a unique hardware MAC address.

It is the name the network uses to identify a device attached to the network. To view or

modify the host name, use the serversetup tool.

To display the server’s local host name:

$ serversetup -getHostname

To change the server’s local host name:

$ sudo serversetup -setHostname

hostname

Note: You can also set and get the host name using snmpd and scutil.

Bonjour Name

Bonjour, also known as zero-configuration networking, enables automatic discovery of

computers, devices, and services on IP networks. Bonjour uses industry-standard IP

protocols to allow devices to discover each other without the need to enter IP

addresses or configure DNS servers.

Specifically, Bonjour enables automatic IP address assignment without a DHCP server,

name-to-address translation without a DNS server, and service discovery without a

directory server.

To view or change the Bonjour name, use the

serversetup tool.

To display the server’s Bonjour name

$ serversetup -getBonjourname

To change the server’s Bonjour name:

$ sudo serversetup -setBonjourname

bonjourname

If the name was changed, the command displays 0.

Note: If you use Server Admin to connect to a server using its Bonjour name and

change the server’s Bonjour name, you must reconnect to the server the next time you

open the Server Admin application.

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