Re: Enable remote desktop client
Re: Enable remote desktop client
- Subject: Re: Enable remote desktop client
- From: Brannock Thomas <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 08:23:20 -0700
I agree with Ben, just looking at the list of actions available, one
that jumps out is "Set Remote Access". Try the automator action pack,
I think it's your best bet. I tried using script editor to record the
motions, no luck there. A trick I like to do if an automator action
doesn't quite work the way I want it to, I drag the action to script
editor and modify the applescript code.
Tom
On Jan 8, 2008, at 8:12 AM, Ben Waldie wrote:
David,
Apple Remote Desktop 3 comes with about 30 Automator actions, though
I don't believe this will help you much with running a workflow on
the client side. See...
http://www.apple.com/remotedesktop/automation.html
You could try recording the process of manually enabling/disabling
ARD access using Automator's recording capabilities in Leopard.
However, if it's even possible (which it may not be), it may present
problems when attempting to play back the recorded on another user's
machine.
If you can find a shell script to do it, then you can use the "Run
Shell Script" action to run it as part of an Automator workflow, or
triggering it as part of an AppleScript using the "do shell script"
command and the "Run AppleScript" action. Sorry, I don't have
example code for this. Perhaps someone else on the list will. You
may also want to try posting this question to the AppleScript User's
list...
http://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/applescript-users
-Ben
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On Jan 8, 2008, at 9:52 AM, David G. Kahn wrote:
Hello,
Is there an apple script or Automator action that will will turn on
and off Apple remote desktop "client" or, under Leopard , Remote
Management?
The reason behind this is our help desk would like to simply their
"hand holding process".
By default we have apple remote disabled on our faculty computers,
faculty don't like to think they could be spied on at anytime.
An app/script that the end user in need of assistance could click
to turn on the client rather then have the help desk worker walk
them through turning on the service would greatly help our support
staff.
Any ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
thank you in advance
David G. Kahn
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