Some ARD options greyed out all of a sudden...???

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Some ARD options greyed out all of a sudden...???

This should be an easy one I hope, but suddenly some of the menu options in MANAGE are now greyed out.
The first three are, which are copy items, install package, send unix command
Then also, the middle and last 3 are greyed out.
I can still connect to the computers and observe and control without issue.

Any ideas? I am sure it will be something straight forward.
Perhaps there is an issue with other ARD admins using ARD at the same time?

Thanks,

FZ

G5 dual 2ghz, Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Posted on Mar 27, 2006 7:07 AM

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Answer 1

Hamisch

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Mar 27, 2006 8:14 AM in response to Father Zimfire

This happened to me also after I installed the latest security update for OS 10.4.5. I am the only ARD administrator on our network.

From what I can tell, ARD thinks I am logging in as a "guest" and doesn't give me access to any of the main administrator functions.

I have not figured out a fix as of this post.

Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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Answer 2

Mar 27, 2006 2:49 PM in response to Hamisch

Yes, that sounds like the default functionality you would see if you were running as a non admin user on the machine.

In the Remote Desktop preferences, in the restricted access settings, you can set limitations on what non-admin users of Remote Desktop can access. If you go to that tab, and can not click on anything, then Remote Desktop does not believe you are logged in as an admin user.

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Answer 3

Mar 28, 2006 1:30 AM in response to Brian Nesse

Thanks guys - all helpful info.
Obviously I already was an admin of the machine and ARD previously, but...
My quick and dirty "hackaround" was to log into my machine as root, and change the prefs so that all users of my copy of ARD (i.e me, as only I use this machine) have full access to all features.

FZ

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Answer 4

Hamisch

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Mar 28, 2006 5:34 AM in response to Father Zimfire

That is pretty much the solution I came up with. Thank you for the assistance.

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