Apple Remote Desktop 2.2 - Manual (Page 40)

40 Chapter 2 Setting Up
To enable ARD authorization by group:
1 In your directory system, create two groups with the short names “ard_admin” and
“ard_reports”.
2 Add users to the groups.
3 Make sure the clients to be administered are bound to your directory system.
When changing client settings or making a custom installer, choose to enable directory
services authorization on the clients, and specify these groups.
Getting an Administration Settings Report
You can query active Apple Remote Desktop clients for a report on what commands
they are accepting from your administrator authentication.
The report is a list of the ARD administrator access types with a “yes” or “no” to indicate
whether it is available to you.
To get an administration settings report:
1 Select a computer list.
2 Select one or more computers in the Remote Desktop window.
3 Choose Report > Administration Settings.
4 Click Get Report.
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.
To change administration privileges on each computer:
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.