Command-line SSH access is not granted or managed using Remote Desktop. This type of access is managed in the Sharing pane of System Preferences (called "Remote Login") and is separate from Apple Remote Desktop access types. When you log in to a client remotely using SSH, you have the user privileges assigned to the user name and password. These may or may not include computer administrator privileges.

You can use SSH to access a client using a user account created for Apple Remote Desktop, but you are limited to performing whatever tasks were allowed to that user when the account was created. Conversely, only the users specified in the Apple Remote Desktop access privileges can access a computer using Apple Remote Desktop. Apple Remote Desktop privileges are completely separate and distinct from local computer administrator UNIX privileges.