Kickstart For Mac
/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources
Quickly uninstall, install, activate, configure, and/or restart components of Apple Remote Desktop without a reboot.
The 7 'top level' features can be selected independently, but will always be done in the order: uninstall, install, deactivate, activate, configure, stop, restart.
The default location of kickstart is shown at the top of this page, copy it to any location you prefer (e.g. /usr/bin/local/)
Use kickstart at your own risk. Read and understand the help first!
Log in as an administrator (you must have sudo privileges)
Avoid running multiple instances of kickstart at the same time.
kickstart will start and stop Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) components: Agent & daemons as needed.
kickstart can be used to grant very permissive incoming access permissions. Do not use the -activate and -configure features unless you know exactly what you're doing.
Standard Apple Remote Desktop groups:
ard_admin
ard_manage
ard_interact
ard_reports
ard_admin is equivalent to ard_manage + ard_interact
On many versions of macOS you will need to create ard_admin as a local group, you will then be able to nest any Active Directory group in the local ard_admin group.
Examples
- Uninstall program files (but not preferences and settings), install the given package, and then restart the service.
kickstart -uninstall -files -install -package RD_Admin_Install.pkg -restart -console
- Install the given package and then restart the ARD agent.
kickstart -install -package RD_Client_Install.pkg -restart -agent
- On 10.4 and earlier, stop the Remote Management service but, if activated, it will start after the next computer restart.
- On 10.5 and later, use kickstart -deactivate instead.
kickstart -stop
- Stop the Remote Management service and deactivate it so it will not start after the next computer restart.
kickstart -deactivate -stop
- Restart the agent.
kickstart -restart -agent -console
- Activate the Remote Management service and then restart the agent.
kickstart -activate -restart -agent -console
- Activate the Remote Management service, enable access, and restart the agent.
kickstart -activate -configure -access -on -restart -agent
- Disable user access.
kickstart -configure -access -off
- Give admin and bob all access.
kickstart -configure -access -on -privs -all -users admin,bob
- Use Directory Server accounts for authentication. Users must be a member of one of the directory
- groups to authenticate.
kickstart -configure -clientopts -setdirlogins -dirlogins yes -setdirgroups -dirgroups ardadmin,ardcontrol
- Disable the Remote Management menu extra.
kickstart -configure -clientopts -setmenuextra -menuextra no
- Allow access for only these users (the users must be specified in a separate command).
kickstart -configure -allowAccessFor -specifiedUsers
- Allow access for all users and give all users full access.
kickstart -configure -allowAccessFor -allUsers -privs -all
- Start the Remote Management service.
kickstart -activate
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