Category Icon   Changing Client Administration Privileges

Once the client computers are able to be administered, you can change the administrator access privileges for multiple computers simultaneously, using the Change Client Settings command. If you are using Directory Services to designate administration privileges, you don't need to change the settings on the clients.

To make changes on a client, you must have the name and password of a user with administrator privileges on the computer. Additionally, you must already have the Control privilege.

Note: You do not have to make a selection on every page of the assistant. You can click Continue to move to the next set of settings.

  1. Select a computer list.
  2. Select one or more computers in the Remote Desktop window.
  3. Choose Manage > Change Client Settings.

    The ARD client assistant appears.

  4. Choose whether to start Remote Desktop sharing at system startup.

    This changes the setting found in the Sharing pane of System Preferences (for Mac OS X 10.3 or later) or the Remote Desktop pane of System Preferences (for Mac OS X 10.2).

  5. Choose whether to hide or show the ARD menu bar icon.
  6. Click Continue.
  7. Choose whether to create a new user for ARD login. Click Continue.

    New users can be used to grant ARD administrator privileges. Creating a new user does not overwrite existing users or change existing user passwords.

    If you choose not to create a new user, skip to step 9 after clicking Continue.

  8. Add a new user by clicking Add and filling in the appropriate information.

    Click OK after adding each user, and click Continue when you're ready to go on.

  9. Choose whether to assign ARD administrative access privileges to Directory Services groups.

    If you choose to do so, select "Set authorized groups to." Edit the groups, if necessary.

    See ARD Administrative Access Using Directory Services for more information on using this method to grant ARD administrative access.

  10. Choose whether to assign ARD administrative access privileges to specific users. Click Continue.

    If you choose not to assign administrative access privileges, skip to step 13.

  11. Click Add to designate a user to receive ARD access privileges.
  12. Provide the user's short name and assign the privileges as desired.

    Click OK after each user, and click Continue when you're ready to go on.

  13. Choose whether to allow temporary guest control by requesting permission on the client computers.

    See ARD Guest Access for more information.

  14. Choose whether to allow non-Apple VNC viewers to control the client computers, and click Continue.

    See Virtual Network Computing (VNC) Access for more information.

  15. If desired, select and enter information in any or all of the four System Data 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.

  16. Choose whether to allow OpenWBEM tools to request data from the client computers.

    See OpenWBEM Access for more information.

  17. Click Continue to change the clients' settings.

    The client configuration assistant contacts all of the selected computers and changes their administration settings.