Preparing Mac OS X 10.2 Clients for Administration

To prepare a client for administration, after installing or updating the Apple Remote Desktop (ARD)client software on the computer, you activate ARD and grant access privileges to the computer by using the ARD pane of the computer's System Preferences. If you chose to have the privileges set and ARD enabled when you created the custom installer package, your computers are already prepared.

Note: You can skip this step if you create a custom installer that automatically enables your desired client settings.

If you did not create an ARD user login or define ARD administrator access privileges when you created the custom installer package, you need to configure your clients. You set access privileges separately for each user account on the computer for which you want the ARD administrator to be able to log in and take command of the computer. Follow the steps in this section to set access privileges on each client computer that uses Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar.

To make changes on a Mac OS X client, you must have the name and password of a user with administrator privileges on that computer.

1. On the client computer, open System Preferences and click Apple Remote Desktop.

   If necessary, enter the user name and password of a user with administrator privileges on that computer.

2. To activate the ARD client, make sure to select "Make Apple Remote Desktop active on this computer."
3. Select the checkbox of each user account that you want enabled for ARD.
4. Select a listed user whose access privileges you want to change, and then make the changes you want to the access privileges. Your changes take effect immediately.
5. Repeat for additional users whose access privileges you want to change.
6. If you wish, enter information in any or all of the four Computer Information fields.

   This information appears in ARD System Overview reports. For example, you can enter an inventory number for the computer, a serial number, or a user's name and telephone number.