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5 Setting General System
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:
 A computer’s system date or time
 A computer’s time zone
 Whether a server uses a network time server
These settings can also be changed using the Date & Time pane of System Preferences.