Apple Remote Desktop

[dr595638]

I'm trying to set up remote management with Apple Remote Desktop on MacBooks The devices are on a different site, and I need to remotely enable the functions that you normally have to check box, like Generate reports, Restart/Shut Down, etc. Is there a way to do that remotely through a script or something?

[jamf-42]

kickstart is what your looking for.. see here.. https://github.com/mark-cohen/ARD-kickstart plenty more around. .note that ARD needs networks to be visible..  without NAT etc... 

[Chubs]

Depending on your OS, that may or may not work. From my experience, you’ll need to send a MDM command to enable Remote Desktop for it to work (for any “modern” OS). 

I wrote an API call to do that because I got tired of having to enable it on every machine manually. 

[AJPinto]

You can enable screensharing with a MDM command in the inventory record simply enough. Make sure you are not blocking screen sharing with a config profile. The other stuff can be enabled via CLI simply enough.

Below is an answer I got from Apple some time back involving managing screen sharing which may be helpful.

• You can use this command to view the available options for the 'kickstart' command:

sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -help

• You can use this command to change the Remote Management "Allow access for" setting from "All users" to "Only these users" (the users must be specified in a separate command).

sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -configure -allowAccessFor -specifiedUsers

• You can use this command to add users named "bob" and "mike" to the "Only these users" list with all available privileges enabled:

sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -configure -access -on -privs -all -users bob,mike

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