How to enable screensharing from custom payload in profilemanager ?

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How to enable screensharing from custom payload in profilemanager ?

dear all !

I am looking for a way to centrally enable/disable screensharing on multiple computers.

All the computers are registered on a profilemanager server 5.1, and with El Capitan 10.11.4.

I have already found a way to enable it from the command line :

$ sudo defaults write /var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd/overrides.plist com.apple.screensharing -dict Disabled -bool false

$ sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.screensharing.plist

But I'd like to avoid going on each computer to apply this ... And further more, I'd like to handle permissions too e.g : add or remove a network group allowed to connect to remote computer through screensharing.

thanks for your help !

Posted on May 10, 2016 7:59 AM

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May 11, 2016 2:43 AM in response to manufromga

If all the required settings can already be done using the defaults write command then they can also be done using a Custom Profile in Profile Manager.

However there are two more typical approaches for fully configuring Screen Sharing or more typically 'Remote Management'.

Option 1

Write a shell script to do the various steps using the built-in kickstart tool. See - Apple Remote Desktop: Configuring remotely via command line (kickstart) - Apple Support

Option 2

Use the Apple Remote Desktop administration tool (which you have to buy) to create a pre-configured install package containing all your desired settings. See - https://www.lynda.com/Remote-Desktop-tutorials/Creating-custom-client-installer/ 163417/182841-4.html

I use Option 1 as part of my DeployStudio workflow to configure freshly built Macs.

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