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Preparing macosx 10.3 clients for administration – Apple Remote Desktop User Manual

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Chapter 2

Setting Up

Upgrading Existing Client Software on Mac OS X 10.3 Using ssh

You may not be able to use Apple Remote Desktop’s administration software to
upgrade existing Panther clients to ARD 2. If the clients have ssh enabled (called
Remote Login in System Preferences), and are available on the network, you can still
upgrade the client computers.

You still need to use the ARD administration software to create a custom installer
package. You also need the login name and password of a user with administrator
privileges on the client computer.

To upgrade existing client software via ssh:

1

Create the custom client install package.

For detailed instructions, see “Creating a Custom Client Installer” on page 36.

2

Open Terminal.

3

Copy the installer package to the client computer by typing:

$ scp -r @:

destination>

For other

scp

options, see its man page.

4

Log in to the client computer by typing:

$ ssh @

For other

ssh

options, see its man page.

5

On the client computer, install the package by typing:

$ sudo installer -pkg -target /

For other

installer

options, see its man page.

Preparing Mac OS X 10.3 Clients for Administration

To prepare a client for administration, you activate Apple Remote Desktop on the client
computer and set ARD administrator access privileges to the computer by using the
Sharing pane of the computer’s System Preferences. You set access privileges 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 step if you create a custom installer that automatically enables
your desired client settings.

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