If you're using ARD 3, you can set it in the ARD Preferences so that
all communications between ARD Admin and the ARD clients are
encrypted. In ARD 2, it's my understanding that only passwords (i.e.
authenticating to an ARD client) and keystrokes (using Control) are
encrypted. Send Unix is not encrypted on ARD 2, and not encrypted by
default in ARD 3.
Thanks,
Rich
On May 25, 2006, at 9:22 PM, Sherry Proferes wrote:
I am assuming that when you type
dscl . -passwd /Users/admin oldpass newpass ; kickstart -configure
-privs -all -users admin
that the unix command is encrypted over the network so someone
sniffing
can't see the text of the command. I hope I'm right. Can someone
assure
me that is correct?
Robert Jacobson wrote:
>
> On Oct 7, 2005, at 3:12 AM, Martin Fitzgibbons wrote:
>
>> Is there any way to use ARD to change the admin password of each
>> machine?
>>
>> Martin
>
> Yes, use dscl. From a previous posting on the list:
>
>> This has been discussed before (see below). After changing the
admin
>> password, I think you need to reset ARD permissions for that user.
>> i.e.:
>>
>> kickstart -configure -privs -all -users admin
>>
>> I think you can run both commands (as root) via ARD thusly:
>>
>> dscl . -passwd /Users/admin oldpass newpass ; kickstart
>> -configure -privs -all -users admin
>>
>> (if you don't run both at the same time, you'll have to ssh from
the
>> Terminal to each machine!)
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This comes up often on this and the Client Management list so you
>>> might want
>>> to check the archive because there were several methods suggested.
>>> Also
>>> afp548.com has an article as well.
>>>
>>> I issue the following Unix Command as root from ARD.
>>>
>>> dscl . -passwd /Users/USERNAME OLDPASSWORD NEWPASSWORD
>>>
>>> It was suggested from one of these lists with more detail. It
does not
>>> appear to work on 10.2.8 computers but is great for 10.3.*.
>>>
>>> _Jason
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
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