ARD Kickstart Command Not Working Properly in 10.6.2

I am attempting to turn on remote desktop access for a single admin user using a script with the command outlined in the following kb article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2370

2. Activate Remote Desktop Sharing, enable access privileges for the users "admin", grant full privileges for the users "admin", restart ARD Agent and Menu extra:

$ sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/k ickstart -activate -configure -access -on -users admin -privs -all -restart -agent -menu

Note: The -users flag should reference the shortname of a user of the system.

This command does add my admin user to the allow access for field in system preferences. However, it leaves Allow Access for All Users checked. I want it to check the Only these users box but it doesn't do that. This is on a machine running 10.6.2. Any ideas on what I need to change or is this a bug?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Feb 19, 2010 7:54 AM

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Feb 19, 2010 9:28 AM in response to scn ict

I'm not an expert in the kickstart command, but the docs indicate that the -configure should come first, before the -activate, so you might try that and see if makes any difference, i.e.

sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/k ickstart -configure -activate -access -on -users admin -privs -all -restart -agent -menu

Don't know if that will help, but it's worth a try.

Regards.

Feb 24, 2010 9:01 AM in response to Brian Nesse

I ran them back to back like so:

sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/k ickstart -activate -configure -access -off

sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/k ickstart -activate -configure -users admin -access -on -privs -all -restart -agent -menu

I'm still having the same issue.

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ARD Kickstart Command Not Working Properly in 10.6.2

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