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Setting Apple Remote Desktop Administrator Access Authorization and Privileges Using Local Accounts in Mac OS X v10.5

To prepare a client for administration, you enable Remote Management on the client computer and set administrator access privileges by using the Sharing pane of System Preferences on the computer. You can set access privileges for all users or separately for each user account on the computer. Follow the steps in this section to set access privileges on each client computer.

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

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

For information about preparing a client running Mac OS X v10.4, see Setting Apple Remote Desktop Administrator Access Authorization and Privileges Using Local Accounts in Mac OS X v10.4.

  1. On the client computer, open System Preferences and click Sharing.

    If the preference pane is locked, click the lock and then enter the user name and password of a user with administrator privileges on the computer.

  2. Select Remote Management in the Sharing pane.
  3. To allow access for all users with local accounts, select "All users."

    All users are given the same administrator privileges.

  4. To allow access for specific users or to give specific users specific administrative access privileges, select "Only these users." Click Add (+), select users, and click Select.

    Select a user in the list to change that user's administrator privileges.

  5. Click Options.
  6. Make the desired changes to the access privileges, and then click OK. Your changes take effect immediately.

    Hint:  Hold down the Option key while clicking an access privilege checkbox to automatically select all access checkboxes.

  7. If you're changing access for specific users, repeat this for additional users whose access privileges you want to set.