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# Built-in Command-Line Tools

Apple Remote Desktop includes three powerful command-line tools that can be used with Send UNIX Command: networksetup, systemsetup, and kickstart. The tools themselves are embedded within the Apple Remote Desktop client software, and do not interfere with existing installations of the software on Mac OS X Server.

The locations of two of the tools (networksetup and systemsetup) are added to the default shell PATH, so you can access them through Remote Desktop as if they were installed in one of the standard UNIX tool locations.

The kickstart tool is not in the default shell path. It must be activated explicitly at its location:

/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart

Any command in the Mac OS X Server command-line guide that uses networksetup or systemsetup can be used in Remote Desktop using the Send UNIX Command task. To change any settings using these tools, you must run them with root permissions.

The command-line guide can be found at:

www.apple.com/server/documentation/

See:

- Using networksetup
- Using systemsetup
- Using kickstart