Apple Remote Desktop 2.2 User Manual

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Chapter 2

Setting Up

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4

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 Preferences (for
Mac OS X 10.2).

5

Choose whether to hide or show the ARD menu bar icon.

6

Click Continue.

7

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 9 after clicking Continue.

8

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.

9

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.

10

Choose whether to assign ARD administrative access privileges to specific users. Click
Continue.

If you choose not to assign administrative access privileges, skip to step 13.

11

Click Add to designate a user to receive ARD access privileges.

12

Provide the user’s short name and assign the privileges as desired.

See “User Privileges and Permissions Security” on page 50 for more information.

Click OK after each user, and click Continue when you’re ready to go on.

13

Choose whether to allow temporary guest control by requesting permission on the
client computers.

See “ARD Guest Access” on page 42 for more information.

14

Choose whether to allow non-Apple VNC viewers to control the client computers, and
click Continue.

See “Virtual Network Computing (VNC) Access” on page 43 for more information.

15

If desired, select and enter information in any or all of the four System Data fields.

This information appears in ARD System Overview reports. For example, you can enter
an inventory number for the computer, a serial number, or a user’s name and
telephone number.

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