Installation manual

Changing Sharing Preferences for Remote Login
Mac OS X’s Sharing System Preference pane lets you enable or disable SSH login access
to the computer. You can use Remote Desktop to change, enable, or disable a remote
computer’s preference.
Setting the remote login sharing preference requires the use of the Apple Remote
Desktop built-in command-line tool systemsetup. For more information about the
tool, see “Built-in Command-Line Tools” on page 156.
To change the Remote Login sharing preference:
1 Select a computer list in the Remote Desktop window.
2 Select one or more computers in the selected computer list.
3 Choose Manage > Send UNIX Command.
4 Use the provided Templates for Send UNIX Command to set the Remote Login (SSH)
setting (for more information, see “Send UNIX Command Templates” on page 152 ).
Select System Setup > Remote Login (SSH) from the Template pop-up menu. Â
Set the login for on or o. Â
5 Alternatively, manually enter the UNIX command.
Type or paste the following UNIX command: Â
systemsetup -setremotelogin (on | off)
Set the permissions for this command to root. Â
6 Click Send.
Setting Printer Preferences
You can set the default printer for your client computers so that they all have the same
default and congured printer. There are several ways to set up printer preferences for
a client computer. If you have a computer whose printer setup is correct, you can use
Remote Desktop to copy the necessary conguration les to the client computers. If
you don’t have a congured computer available, you can use the command-line tools
in Mac OS X to set the printer preference.
Setting the printer preference with Remote Desktop involves using the Copy Items
task. For more information, see “Copying from Administrator to Clients” on page 11 7.
142 Chapter 8 Administering Client Computers