I'm trying to determine if it's possible to downgrade the ARD client from version 3.8.4 to 3.8.2. I've not had any luck finding a way to do it thus far. I suspect that version 3.8.4 is causing a performance issue and I'd like to downgrade a few systems to 3.8.2 to help test that theory.
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Downgrade ARD Client 3.8.4 to 3.8.2
+12Best answer by kpowerbook
I have managed to successfully downgrade. Package a 3.8.2 version of the client in the /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ folder in Composer and deploy with a restart afterwards. The version will revert to 3.8.2, but automatically gets updated if a software update occurs so keep that in mind.
+3I have managed to successfully downgrade. Package a 3.8.2 version of the client in the /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ folder in Composer and deploy with a restart afterwards. The version will revert to 3.8.2, but automatically gets updated if a software update occurs so keep that in mind.
+12Thank you! I'm going to try replacing the 3.8.4 bits with 3.8.2 bits and see if that works.
+12Replacing the files in /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ with those from a 3.8.2 setup do work. However, while I can properly control a 3.8.2 machine I can't use ARD Admin to copy files or install pkgs to a machine that has been downgraded in this manner. I wonder if anyone else has observed this.
+12Turns out I missed a permission on the actual ARDAgent - /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent
It needs to run setuid. I added that and then stopped and then restarted the ARDAgent and all's well now.
Dear Sir and Mrs,
I'm a newcomer in apple word and forget the few I learned in the past about ix shell commands
I'd like changing files like you in /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ , I'd like changing ARD client release from 3.9 to 3.8.5 that seem working very much better.
I don't know hot to do it only with finder file manager, even if the source computer is in target thunderbolt mode, even reading "rights" in "read info" of a file or the last directory and putting "everybody R/W" (graphically),
Can you explain how doing it and what did you do exactly with setuid.
Kind regards
+3Jean Claude,
The method described above was effective through 10.10 Yosemite. Starting with 10.11 El Capitan a service called "System Integrity Protection" has disabled users (even root) from manipulating files in certain folders (in this case, the System Folder). So without going through a bunch of hoops to un-protect your system, the method I came up with is no longer effective.
Apple article on System Integrity Protection
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