Kick start ARD remote management
Submitted by tlarkin on Tue, 08/19/2008 - 14:21
If for some reason you actually forget to enable ARD client to remotely access and manage your clients I have a script here that will enable it again. This script was used and tested in OS X 10.5.4 and worked. It also assumes you want to give access to a local admin account, which is what this script is designed to do. If you need to enable directory or LDAP users you will need to tweak the script.
#!/bin/sh #kick start ARD client on machines if currently disabled #tested in OS X 10.5.4 and works, most likely will also work in 10.4.11 but I have not tested echo "activating ARD agent" /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -activate echo "configuring ARD cleint" #now put the user you wish to specificy access ardusers="user short name here" /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -configure -users $ardusers -access -on -privs -all echo "done" exit 0
You can add a list of user's short names separated by commas in the variable above, or you can alter it to add it for all users.
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