User guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Preface 5 About This Book
- Chapter 1 9 Using Apple Remote Desktop
- Chapter 2 25 Setting Up
- 25 System Requirements for Apple Remote Desktop
- 26 Setting Up an Apple Remote Desktop Administrator Computer
- 28 Setting Up Client Computers With MacOSX 10.2 Installed
- 32 Setting Up Client Computers With MacOSX 10.3 Installed
- 36 Creating a Custom Client Installer
- 38 Understanding Access Types
- 44 Considerations for Managed Clients
- 44 Configuring the Administrator Software
- 48 Setting Up the Network
- 49 Getting the Best Performance
- 50 Maintaining Security
- Chapter 3 53 Administering Computers
- Chapter 4 93 Interacting With Users
- Appendix A 105 Reference
- About This Book
- Using Apple Remote Desktop
- Setting Up
- System Requirements for Apple Remote Desktop
- Setting Up an Apple Remote Desktop Administrator Computer
- Setting Up Client Computers With MacOSX 10.2 Installed
- Setting Up Client Computers With MacOSX 10.3 Installed
- Creating a Custom Client Installer
- Understanding Access Types
- Considerations for Managed Clients
- Configuring the Administrator Software
- Setting Up the Network
- Getting the Best Performance
- Maintaining Security
- Administering Computers
- Interacting With Users
- Reference
36 Chapter 2 Setting Up
Creating a Custom Client Installer
To install the Apple Remote Desktop client software on computers, you use the ARD
administrator application, Remote Desktop, to create a custom client installer. The
custom client installer not only installs the ARD system software, but can create users
on the client computer with their ARD privileges already assigned. You’ll use an
assistant to create a custom client installer. Any values set in the custom installer will
apply to all the computers that receive the installation.
While creating a custom installer, you will have a chance to create new ARD
administrator login names with passwords, and automatically set ARD access privileges
and preferences.
To create the client installer:
1 Open Remote Desktop.
2 Choose File > Create Client Installer.
The Custom Installer Setup Assistant appears.
3 Choose to create a custom installer and click Continue.
If you choose not to create a custom installer, you can create a basic installer that sets
no preferences on the client computer.
4 Click Continue to begin creating a custom installer.
5 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 Preference (for
Mac OS X 10.2).
6 Choose whether to hide or show the ARD menu bar icon.
7 Click Continue.
8 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 10 after clicking Continue.
9 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.
10 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” on page 39 for more
information on using this method to grant ARD administrative access.